Kentucky Bus Driver Turns Superhero, Saves Pajama Day for First Grader

One bus driver flew in to save the day like no other.

But this one bus driver who happens to be a superhero is Kentucky native Larry Farrish, 35, who bought a first-grader pajamas on pajama day because the little boy was crying that he didn’t have any pajamas to wear, according to the press release of Jefferson County Public School.

How did this all happen? When Farrish came to pick up the little boy, he noticed he was in a downtrodden mood, which was unlike him.

“Normally when I pull up, he’s standing there waiting for me with a big smile, but on this day, he was sitting on the ground with a jacket over his head,” Farrish told People. “I asked him, ‘Hey buddy, what’s going on? What’s wrong?”

Then the little boy, with a face full of tears, told Farrish that he didn’t have any pajamas on Pajama Day.

“I thought, I gotta fix this,” he told Today. “It hurt me so bad. That just wasn’t my Levi, and I wanted him to have a good day. No child should have to miss out on something as small as pajama day.”

Farrish immediately opened his button-up like Clark Kent turning into Superman, traveling to the Family Dollar store right after he made his rounds. He purchased a few pairs of pajamas in various sizes. He brought the PJs to the office and the school’s office asked the staff if they could bring Levi down.

“It really turned the whole Friday around, for him and for me,” he said in the news release.

Levi said in the release that he was thankful for the bus driver. “I can tell Mr. Larry is nice and his heart is filled with joy,” he said. “I’m usually really happy, but not on pajama day. ... When he got me the pajamas, I did a happy cry.”

Farrish became a bus driver seven years ago after working as a corrections officer and truck driver. But he said this has been the most fulfilling job he’s had.

“They become my kids after they leave their parents,” Farrish told school officials. I make sure they get to and from school safe, but I also try to bring some type of joy to their lives.”

Photo Credit: Jefferson County Public Schools