Feeling So Sick I Couldn’t Walk As a Stranger Virtually Carried Me to the Toilets.
At the age of nineteenth year, my regular journey to work was on an packed public transport. The vehicle was always full and would always be without any seats once I got on.
On one specific day, I was feeling incredibly sick as the bus swayed around every turn. I continuously reassured myself to endure just a little longer so the bus could got to my stop, at which point I could sprint quickly toward the most convenient public toilet to vomit.
We were coming down the avenue close to the stop when I understood I would not be to make it. All of a sudden, it seemed a veil came over me. The world became blank and silent; like someone had muted everything. I thought, “I am about to pass out”.
Thankfully, I was positioned near the front of the bus, so I took a few steps forward and requested that the driver to pull over, informing him I needed to vomit. The driver opened the doors and I stumbled out onto the sidewalk.
I was resolved not to vomit in view of six lanes of traffic, so I gathered myself and endeavored to stumble toward the green space across the road, where I thought I’d at least be able to discreetly hide near some foliage to throw up. However I likely fainted. I sensed my body but I couldn’t walk or see clearly, so I began inching my way to my intended destination.
“Are you okay, dear?”
In that instant, I was lifted up. I felt an arm around my waist and a man’s voice asked, “Everything alright, love?” I managed to tell the kind passerby that I needed to be sick. So he virtually supported my weight down into a close-by structure and put me into the female bathroom. He inquired if I wanted him to wait for me but I said no.
A few minutes later, I regained my composure enough to sit on the toilet and from the other side of the door came his voice asking, “Are you feeling better, dear? Is there anything you require?” I wasn’t able to rise at that moment but I did succeed to thank him and shortly thereafter was able to move my feet. I made my way home passing the following days healing from what was later diagnosed as a severe stomach virus.
I did not see the stranger’s face – only his legs along with a sizable container for tools he held – yet he rescued me, during a time when I was in my weakest state.
Frequently, society can make you self-protective, pushy, and rivalrous. His act was the type of kindness that reverses that protective shell. He demonstrated that people’s natural inclination is towards kindness, a quality I adore in other people.
