BERKELEY, Calif. - A beloved Berkeley school volunteer who was among several people injured by an alleged carjacker last month received a special recognition on Wednesday.

To chants of "Mr. Bob!" longtime Emerson Elementary School volunteer Robert Clear was greeted with cheers from hundreds of students and presented with an award recognizing his kindness — just weeks after being hurt in a rampage that ended near the school.

Honored for kindness and dedication

At a ceremony on campus, Clear, 78, expressed gratitude for being recognized and for the fact that no children were hurt during the September incident.

Clear, a retired Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory employee, has volunteered at Emerson for decades — greeting families each weekday morning, helping children out of cars,

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