DENVER - The heart of the city can be fascinating to kids like Matthew Turner and his little brother Jahmir.
For their mom, LeTeisha, it can be scary sending her kids off to school - first on a train, then a bus, starting shortly after 6 a.m. She tries to ride with them but sometimes she can't.
"I'm sick right now, so I'm kind of in and out of the hospital and some mornings I can't get up to come down here with them. He keeps an eye out for them," LeTeisha Shaw said.
That 'he' is Chris Moralez, an RTD bus driver who does more than just drive a bus.
"He just does little extra things that make a difference for them," LeTeisha said.
Matthew and Jahmir both attend the Kunsberg School at the National Jewish Medical Center, a place for kids who suffer from chronic respiratory illnesses.
"They got pretty comfortable with the boys riding the bus with me, so she stopped riding with them. And, so I was always looking for them," Chris Moralez said.
But getting to school was just the first part.
"It's really fun just having him be my bus driver. None of my bus drivers help me with my homework before," Matthew said.
Moralez, a father of three girls himself, says the boys have great minds.
"We'll practice the states. They know all their states," he said.
Recently, Moralez got switched from his route so the three had to part ways. It's been tough for all of them.
"You see them every day. You see their good mornings and their bad mornings. It was definitely hard to see them go," Moralez said.
Moralez was bumped from his bus route because someone with more seniority applied for it. He hopes he can get it back before the boys start school this fall.
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