Feeling So Sick I Couldn’t Walk When a Man Essentially Lifted Me to a Restroom.

During my 19 years old, my regular journey to work involved an packed public transport. The vehicle was always jammed and was consistently completely full once I stepped aboard.

On one specific day, I started experiencing terribly ill as the bus lurched around every turn. I continuously reassured myself to endure for a few more stops until the bus reached my destination, so I could then rush hurriedly for the nearest public toilet to be sick.

We were coming down the road leading to the destination as I understood I would not be to make it. Suddenly, it felt as if a veil came over me. My vision turned hazy and muffled; like someone had cut the sound. I thought, “I will lose consciousness”.

Fortunately, I stood near the front on the bus, allowing me to take a couple of steps toward the driver and asked the driver to pull over, explaining to him I needed to be sick. He promptly opened the doors and I hurriedly stepped out onto the street.

My intention was to avoid being sick in front of six lanes of traffic, so I forced myself up and started trying to stumble toward the green space across the road, thinking I could it would allow me to secretly conceal myself among some shrubs to be sick. Yet I must have blacked out. I could feel my limbs, but walking was impossible and my vision was blurry, so I started dragging myself toward my intended destination.

“Everything alright, love?”

At that moment, I was lifted up. I sensed an arm around my waist and a stranger inquired, “You right, love?” I managed to tell the mysterious stranger that I needed to vomit. Thus, he practically supported my weight over to a nearby building and put me into the female bathroom. He asked me if I wanted him to remain with me but I said no.

After a short while, I regained my composure enough to sit down when from beyond the stall I heard him ask, “Are you OK, love? Can I get you something?” I could not to stand up right away but I did succeed to say thank you and after a few more minutes recovered the use of my legs. I returned home passing several days getting over what was later diagnosed as a horrible case of gastroenteritis.

I never saw that man’s face – just his lower half along with a sizable metal toolbox he held – yet he rescued me, at a moment I was completely helpless.

Frequently, society tends to make people defensive, aggressive and competitive. What he did was the kind of action that reverses that hardening of the heart. He demonstrated that people’s natural inclination is towards kindness, something I love about humanity.