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Above And Beyond: Indo-Canadian Winnipeg Transit Driver Stops To Carry Groceries For Senior

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 26 Oct, 2016 12:16 PM
    WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg transit driver who stopped during the afternoon rush hour to help a senior with her groceries is receiving kudos from hundreds of people on social media.
     
    A passenger on the Route 43 bus last week noticed what the driver did and posted a photo on Facebook.
     
    Amber Therrien says she was confused at first about what was going on.
     
    But then she watched as the driver carried the senior's groceries from the bus all the way to the front door of her apartment.
     
    Therrien says she's not sure how the woman — who had a cane and was a slow walker — would have managed otherwise.
     

    The bus driver, Raminder Chahal, saw all the fuss on Facebook and sent a thank-you to Therrien for acknowledging his good deed. 
     
    “My eyes are filled,” Chahal said. “Thanking you from the core of my heart.”
     
    Therrien says she has seen bus drivers do nice things before, but never to this extent. She feels Chahal went above and beyond his job.
     
    “The bus driver seems like a very humble man who would've likely just went home at the end of the day and not mentioned it to anyone,” Therrien said.
     
    “I love that he's being recognized.”

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