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The veteran driver says he could never have imagined what would happen just feet in front of his bus two Wednesdays ago and how that chance encounter would lead him to Washington, D.C.
Chris DeShields, a SEPTA bus driver on Route 5, was invited to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday night by Rep. Brendan Boyle after he stopped a carjacking in Fishtown by using his bus to scare off would-be robbers on Jan. 25.
SEPTA's Chris DeShields' valor outside of his normal driving duties will be rewarded with a seat at Biden's "State of the Union" speech.
SEPTA bus driver, Chris DeShields -- who intervened to help a woman who was being carjacked -- will be a special guest at the State of the Union Address.
A Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. bus driver stopped an ongoing carjacking with his 40-foot long bus on January 30.