Video: Bus slams into Englishman, who gets up and carries on

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/06/28/video-bus-slams-into-englishman-who-gets-up-and-carries-on/?utm_term=.9cc493cb6685


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Simon Smith was crossing a street in Reading, England, shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday morning and had just stepped onto the pavement when a double-decker bus sped around a corner, careening in his direction.

Just as Smith turned his head, the purple bus rammed into him, knocking him several yards, closed circuit TV footage shows. The bus crashed into a storefront, sending debris flying through the air. Its windshield shattered at the moment of impact.

But immediately after falling onto the pavement, Smith — wearing faded blue jeans and a black vest — appeared to lift himself up, brush himself off and calmly walk into the entrance of a popular pub in town, the Purple Turtle, just a few feet away. Somehow, Smith survived the collision with no major injuries — just a few scratches and bruises, the BBC reported.

Many who watched the dramatic video footage of the bus crash, which circulated on social media and in British news outlets Tuesday, interpreted it as the latest symbol of British nonchalance and resilience. “A fine example of Keeping Calm and Carrying On!” one person said on Facebook. Some compared it to the image of the British man who casually held a pint of beer as he fled the area of the June 3 London Bridge terrorist attack, becoming an unlikely hero for Brits that weekend.