In Such Poor Health Walking Was Impossible Until a Fellow Passenger Essentially Lifted Me to a Bathroom.

Back when I was my late teens, my morning travel was on an packed public transport. It remained crowded and would always be completely full once I stepped aboard.

During a certain commute, I started experiencing terribly ill as the bus rocked around every turn. I kept telling myself to hold on another few kilometres until the bus reached where I needed to get off, so I could then sprint quickly to the closest washroom to throw up.

The bus was approaching the street towards my stop and I realised I was unable to make it. In an instant, it was like a veil came over me. Everything just went blank and silent; like someone had muted everything. I said to myself, “I will lose consciousness”.

Fortunately, I stood close to the driver on the bus, allowing me to take a few steps toward the driver and requested that the driver to stop, telling him that I was about to vomit. He promptly opened the doors and I weakly exited out onto the street.

I was resolved to not get sick in view of multiple lanes of cars, so I picked myself up and began attempting to stumble to the park across the road, where I thought it would allow me to find some privacy near some foliage to throw up. Yet I apparently fainted. I sensed my limbs, but I was unable to walk and my vision was blurry, so I began crawling towards the grassy area.

“Everything alright, love?”

Right then, someone picked me up. I sensed a strong arm supporting me and a man’s voice asked, “Everything alright, love?” I told this unknown man that I required to be sick. Therefore, he almost helped me walk over to a close-by structure and placed me into the female bathroom. He inquired if I wanted him to wait for me but I declined.

A few minutes later, I felt better to the point of sitting on the toilet when from beyond the door came him inquire, “Do you need anything, love? Is there anything you require?” I was incapable to rise just then but I did succeed to say thank you and following a brief period was able to move my feet. I got myself home and then spent several days getting over which was a horrible case of gastroenteritis.

I never saw that man’s face – just his lower half and a large container for tools he was carrying – but he saved me, when I was at my most vulnerable.

Often this world can make you guarded, hostile, and combative. What he did was the kind of action that melts away that protective shell. He served as evidence that humanity’s innate tendency is towards kindness, a trait I cherish about humanity.