Feeling So Sick I Was Unable to Walk When a Man Essentially Lifted Me to a Bathroom.

During my 19 years old, my regular journey to work involved an crowded coach. It remained crowded and would always be completely full when I got on.

During a certain commute, I started experiencing terribly ill as the bus swayed around every turn. I kept telling myself to hold on another few kilometres so the bus could arrived at where I needed to get off, at which point I could rush hurriedly to the closest public toilet to be sick.

We were coming down the street towards my stop and I realised I would not be to hold on. In an instant, it seemed a curtain fell over me. The world became hazy and muffled; like someone had cut the sound. I said to myself, “I am about to pass out”.

Thankfully, I was positioned near the front of the bus, allowing me to take several steps toward the driver and asked the driver to stop, explaining to him that I was about to get ill. He opened the doors and I stumbled out onto the sidewalk.

I was determined not to vomit before multiple lanes of cars, so I gathered myself and began attempting to stumble toward the green space opposite the street, thinking I could I could at least discreetly hide among some shrubs to vomit. Yet I apparently blacked out. I sensed my body but I couldn’t walk or see clearly, so I began crawling towards the grassy area.

“Are you okay, dear?”

At that moment, I was lifted up. There was someone holding me and a stranger inquired, “You right, love?” I explained to this mysterious stranger that I needed to be sick. Therefore, he almost supported my weight down into a close-by structure and put me into the female bathroom. He asked me if I needed him to stay with me but I refused.

After a short while, I regained my composure sufficiently to sit on the toilet and from outside the stall I heard him ask, “Do you need anything, love? Do you need anything?” I wasn’t able to stand up right away but I was able to thank him and shortly thereafter regained the function of my limbs. I got myself home passing the following days recovering from what turned out to be a severe stomach virus.

I did not see the stranger’s face – just his lower half along with a sizable metal toolbox he was carrying – but he helped me, when I was at my most vulnerable.

Frequently, society can make you guarded, hostile, and combative. His act was the type of kindness that melts away that protective shell. He was proof that people’s natural inclination is towards kindness, something I love about humanity.