Bus driver logs nearly 65 years behind the wheel
Carl Fisher has been driving a school bus since the end of World War II and has only missed one day of work. His accomplishment has earned him a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.
PLEASANT HOPE, Mo. — School bus driver Carl Fisher has spent nearly 65 years behind the wheel, and the accomplishment has earned him a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Fisher's son, J.C. Fisher, saw a story while on tour overseas about a man who had driven a school bus longer than anyone in Europe: 58 years. Fisher knew his father had been driving longer than that gentleman, so when he came home, he got the process started on inducting him into the Guinness Book of World Records, KY3 News reports.
Fisher has been driving a bus since the end of World War II and has no intention of stopping anytime soon. He is a legend in his community and many view him as not just a bus driver, but as family.
Fisher told KY3 News that he’s only missed one day of work in the years that he’s driven a school bus — it was to attend a funeral. He even continued to drive while undergoing 43 treatments for cancer.
He told the news source that it was the students he transports who helped him get through that period in his life.
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