Retired MTA bus driver Nick Rotondo, whose bus was commandeered by the NYPD during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, has written a children’s book about his experience, reports Max Parrott for the Queens Chronicle.
Rotondo was driving an M11 bus in upper Manhattan on the day of the attacks, when a cop boarded and ordered the passengers off. Rotondo then drove to a nearby precinct and took a busload of cops to Lower Manhattan. He continued to transport other emergency personnel that day.
The picture book he wrote, I Am a First Responder, is illustrated by Joan Coleman and does not directly refer to the attacks or the carnage they caused, making it suitable for small children.
