Bus driver suddenly pulls over for an elderly man on the road — the reason left onlookers awestruck

The bus driver knew that he was stopping traffic, but he only had one aim in mind at that time.

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(L) An old man trying to cross the road with the help of a walking stick. (R) A bus driver standing outside his bus. Representative Cover Image Source: Getty Images | Viktor Cap; IPGGutenbergUKLtd

A person's kind gesture can prove to be a big help for a person in distress. A blind man experienced that when a bus driver pulled over for him and helped him get across the road by offering the old man, Gene Hubbard, his arm. He had stopped traffic to help the old man get through and had realized that, but he had decided to help Hubbard get home safely anyway. However, instead of getting mad, the passerbys looked at the act in awe, per ABC 13 News.

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The then-69-year-old Hubbard had lost his eyesight because of diabetes, but was still working and was quite independent in most aspects of life. He would take the county bus to and from his office all by himself. "No, I don't have any plans to retire," Hubbard told the outlet. He had managed to follow the route for 20 years, but because of the construction on that route, Hubbard was having a hard time navigating it. "If I don't have a regular locating point to start from, I may as well be in the middle of the ocean," the man shared. But then, 28-year-old MCTS bus driver Thaddaus Turner decided to step in and make things easy for him, even when he had to go out of his way to do that.

Service worker helping a man cross the road. Representative Image Source: Getty Images | WINTERLINE PRODUCTION

Turner pulled over and offered Hubbard his arm, so he could get to his home from the stop without facing any obstacles because of the construction. A huge number of people stopped to see the young bus driver's kind act. "I knew I had the traffic behind me stopped, because it's only one-way through there. My concern was getting him across from the opposite direction." Hubbard shared that Turner's kindness was not an isolated act and quite a few bus drivers had helped him get across the road in the past. "I just can't say enough about all the bus drivers." New bus drivers usually meet passengers with disabilities before taking on their duty, so they can help them better, per the outlet.

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A witness took a photo of Turner helping Hubbard and posted it on social media, per Inside Edition, and people around Milwaukee were very impressed by the bus driver's work. Some even echoed the sentiment on the internet and praised the bus driver for going beyond his duty. @CranberryFo commented, "'If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.' ― Martin Luther King Jr."

@Ericlbe wrote, "What a good guy. I remember my old late bus driver risked driving me down my narrow street to my house with her huge bus instead of dropping me off by my bus stop because I tore a nerve on my back. She could have lost her job or gotten a big ticket for doing that, but she did it anyway because she was afraid that if I walked such a long distance from my bus stop to my house, I might break my back. We need so many bus drivers like this guy and my old bus driver. The world would change and be a better place." @vickiefinney6077 remarked, "If everyone would only take the time to look around, there are people in need of help everywhere. Be kind to one another and be blessed."