A compassionate bus driver left his seat at a bus stop to carry an elderly man safely off the vehicle.
When an old man tried to exit a bus in Guangzhou, China on December 8, the driver, Zhang Jianwen, noticed the passenger’s legs were trembling. Mr Zhang hopped off the vehicle to help the man who was in his seventies.
Mr Zhang said he was driving the 429 bus at around 1.30pm on that day when the senior boarded his bus.
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The struggling man had difficulty moving his legs to get on the bus at a station in Baiyun district.
The man slowly walked to his seat and told the driver that he wanted to exit at the Luochongwei Passenger Transport Station.
Mr Zhang stopped the bus and noticed in the rear view mirror that the old man was gripping the railing and his legs were trembling. He could not take the steps to get down the stairs.
The driver left his seat to offer a helping hand but the man still feared falling out of the bus.
Mr Zhang then hugged and lifted him carefully off the bus. He asked whether he needed to send the senior man to hospital but he said he was fine.
Mr Zhang kept driving the bus after watching the elderly man walking stably for a bit.
The driver said his act of kindness is not anything special and he does it from time to time with other passengers.
One person on the bus at the time, surnamed Zeng, was impressed by Mr Zhang. ‘The driver’s treating the elderly man as if he’s a parent. He is kind-hearted.’
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