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 a 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,
00:58and it's one of the many from that day.
01:01There were many heroes,
01:02and we had real people from the campfire
01:04participating in the filmmaking.
01:07Real Red Cross volunteers
01:09and Cal Fire firefighters.
01:11It adds a level of reality and truth to the movie.
01:15This film is an incredible journey of human resiliency.
01:21On a human level, for me,
01:22it's a story about second chances.
01:24I'm too late as a father.
01:26It's not too late.
01:29No one saw this catastrophic fire coming.
01:32And Kevin McKay and Mary Ludwig,
01:35they risked everything
01:36to save a group of children
01:38whose parents couldn't get there.
01:40We've got to drive through it.
01:44Oh, my God.
01:47Go back to the bus.
01:49Go back to the bus.
01:49Come on!
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