The untold story-TNSTC bus driver

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Read a news last week that a driver saved the bus from rolling down in a hill-way, while he suffered massive heart attack. Not an easy thing, when a man physically feels pain and the job comes straight away in his mind, with the nature of his job, 55+ passengers lives are in his hand. Only if he liked his job, only if he had committment to his job, only if he has dedication to his job, this thought will come forefront in his mind and thinking and thus he saved those lives, giving away of his own.
In the days, where a medical research or a new discovery leading to save lives from infections or diseases, getting headlines and awards, this is worth to mention, as i know, personally, they are the one, the drivers of TNSTC - tamil nadu state transport corporation, by whom i was able to live today, from 1996.
I dont have RIP messages, as i wasnt a believer of that. And hence i would like to record his effort to swerve and stop the bus without letting it in his path to downhill, as a statement or news or a dedication to all the drivers who are sincere in their jobs.
http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Drivers-presence-of-mind-after-heart-attack-saves-50/2013/08/14/article1733592.ece
A shrewd driver, who suffered a massive cardiac arrest and died while at the wheel of a bus, saved the lives of around 50 passengers by slowly pulling the vehicle to a side of the Ooty-Mettupalayam road near here on Tuesday.
Police said that Ramaswamy (52) was at the wheel of a Erode-bound bus. While nearing Burliyar check post, he experienced severe pain on his chest. Sensing that his condition was deteriorating, he immediately slowed down the bus down and tried to park it on the roadside.
As the pain was unbearable, he lost control of the vehicle and it  rammed a rocky patch on the left side of the road and overturned.
However, he managed to steer the vehicle away from a deep gorge that was located on the right side. This, eventually, saved the lives of the passengers.
Meanwhile, police and fire and rescue services personnel from Mettupalayam, Coonoor and Wellington rushed to the spot and safely pulled out the passengers trapped under the bus.
Police said that eight persons were injured in the incident.
Appreciating the shrewd and quick reaction of Ramaswamy, police said that had he not steered the bus on the precipice, the vehicle would have rolled down the gorge resulting in the death of several passengers. 
The injured have been admitted to the government hospitals at Mettupalayam and Coimbatore.

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