Inside Look at The Lost Bus with Matthew McConaughey

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Inspired by true events and driven by extraordinary courage, The Lost Bus tells a powerful story of survival and hope. Join Matthew McConaughey for an inside look before the film begins streaming October 3 on Apple TV+.

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00:00Paradise, California, 2018.

00:02This fire came through.

00:03They thought it was just going to be a regular fire.

00:06It's just another brush fire, nothing new.

00:09But this one was different.

00:10We're having problems hitting the targets with these winds.

00:13The worst case scenario happened.

00:15It was unprecedented.

00:18Based on all drivers, we have a situation.

00:21There are kids who are stranded in the evacuation zone.

00:24This is the story of Kevin McKay.

00:28He was driving the school bus.

00:30He was trying to get home to his son.

00:31Hey, it's Dad.

00:32I need to know you're okay, buddy.

00:34Is there anybody that can go and pick these kids up?

00:38That decision between his son and kids stranded over at this school,

00:42he chose to take the call.

00:449-6-3 to base, I can get him.

00:46He went and picked up these kids and their teacher, Mary Ludwig.

00:51I want you to stay seated.

00:52It was the most harrowing six hours of their life.

00:55This is inspired by the true story, and it's one of the many from that day.

01:01There were many heroes, and we had real people from the campfire participating in the filmmaking.

01:07Real Red Cross volunteers and Cal Fire firefighters.

01:10It adds a level of reality and truth to the movie.

01:16This film is an incredible journey of human resiliency.

01:21On a human level for me, it's a story about second chances.

01:24I'm too late as a father.

01:26It's not too late.

01:27No one saw this catastrophic fire coming.

01:33And Kevin McKay and Mary Ludwig, they risked everything to save a group of children whose parents couldn't get there.

01:42We gotta drive through it!

01:44Oh my God!

01:47Go back to the bus!

01:48Go back to the bus!

01:49Come on!

01:50Come on!

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