I Was So Ill I Was Unable to Walk As a Stranger Essentially Lifted Me to a Restroom.

During my 19 years old, my daily commute involved an express bus. The vehicle was always full and would always be without any seats by the time I stepped aboard.

On one specific day, I started experiencing incredibly sick when the coach swayed around each corner. I continuously reassured myself to endure for a few more stops until the bus got to my destination, at which point I could rush hurriedly to the closest public toilet to throw up.

The bus was approaching the avenue close to the stop when I understood I would not be to make it. All of a sudden, it seemed a fog descended upon me. The world became hazy and muffled; similar to when one cut the sound. I said to myself, “I’m going to faint”.

Luckily I was near the front on the bus, so I managed a few steps to ask the driver and requested that the driver to stop, telling him I was going to vomit. The driver opened the doors and I stumbled out on to the pavement.

I was determined not to vomit before six lanes of traffic, so I picked myself up and endeavored to walk toward the green space across the road, where I thought I could at least discreetly hide among some shrubs to throw up. However I likely blacked out. I sensed my body but I couldn’t walk or see clearly, so I started crawling towards the grassy area.

“Everything alright, love?”

In that instant, someone picked me up. There was someone holding me and heard a man say, “Everything alright, love?” I managed to tell the kind passerby that I had to to vomit. So he virtually helped me walk over to a nearby building and placed me inside the women’s restroom. He wanted to know if I wanted him to remain with me but I said no.

Not long after, I felt better enough to sit on the restroom floor and from outside the door I heard him inquire, “Are you OK, love? Is there anything you require?” I was incapable to stand up at that moment but did manage to express my gratitude and shortly thereafter recovered the use of my limbs. I made my way home and then spent several days healing from which was a horrible case of gastroenteritis.

I never glimpsed that man’s face – only his legs along with a sizable steelwork tools container he was carrying – but he saved me, when I was completely helpless.

Frequently, society can make you defensive, aggressive and competitive. His was the sort of gesture that undoes that hardening of the heart. He was proof that humanity’s innate tendency is towards kindness, a quality I adore about my fellow humans.