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>> from then on it kind of escalated. the young lady chose to chime in, talking to her friend on the phone saying this lady don't know i beat grandmas up. >> but the talker has no idea the woman she is calling grandma is armed and that her rage is about to boil over. security footage shows bingham also talking on his cell phone, busy with his own conversation. he's unaware the situation is heating up nearby. >> i didn't think anything crazy was going to happen. you see it all the time when people are mad and annoyed at someone else where they might say something, can you keep your conversation...

I saw the gun. i can't let this happen. i thought, all right. my kids are here. i don't know what happens if this gun goes off. if she decides to shoot it. >> bingham springs into action. the security cameras show him placing his hands on the woman's arm and trying to get her to lower the weapon. >> i really don't recall what i said to her. i know i said something about my kids being on the bus, where she said, she wasn't going to shoot them. you don't have to worry about your kids. not sure what her response was to that. >> bingham doesn't know it, but the bus driver has called 911. in the me...

>> i guess cooler heads prevail, she decides to get off the bus at that time. >> police are waiting nearby and take the woman into custody when she steps off the bus, and bingham is reunited with his sons. >> we at the department felt very, very lucky that this good samaritan, who took it upon himself to intercede, probably stopped a potential tragedy from occurring. >> michael chitwood, superintendent of the upper darby police department oversees the investigation. >> once you look at the tape, you see there's about 30 people on that bus at any given time. and there's certainly several young ...

Take the woman into custody when she steps off the bus, and bingham is reunited with his sons. >> we at the department felt very, very lucky that this good samaritan who took it upon himself to intercede probably stopped a potential tragedy from occurring. >> michael chitwood, superintendent for the upper darby police department oversees the investigation. >> once you look at the tape, you see there's about 30 people on that bus at any given time. there's certainly several young children. who knows how far the escalation would have gotten with an angry person somewhat out of control with a loa...

This gun goes off. if she decides to shoot it. >> bingham springs into action. the security cameras show him placing his hands on the woman's arm and trying to get her to lower the weapon. >> i really don't recall what i said to her. i know i said something about my kids being on the bus, where she said, she wasn't going to shoot them. you don't have to worry about your kids. not sure what her response was to that. >> bingham doesn't know it, but the bus driver has called 911. in the meantime he knows he has to do something, so he plants himself between the two feuding women. he's so focused o...