MILWAUKEE – New video exhibits a Milwaukee County Transit System bus driver coming to assistance from a girl in misery. In an interview you’ll see solely on FOX6, that girl shares her story.
What they’re saying:
Sharonda Hunter by no means noticed the freighting moments till Friday morning, every week earlier than she is due to ship her surrogate youngster.
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“I used to be watching FOX6 Information within the morning,” she stated. “I honed in on it, and I’m like, ‘This appears to be like actually acquainted.’”
That is when all of it clicked. Hunter paused the TV and noticed her license plate.
“That appears precisely like what I keep in mind,” she stated. “My accident occurred in November, so I’m like, ‘It will possibly’t be.’”
Hunter stated she was turning a nook in Wauwatosa when she misplaced consciousness and ended up throughout the road. Fortunately, nobody was harm. Nonetheless, she stated she did sideswipe one other automobile and her personal automobile additionally had some injury.
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“I had to be round 25 weeks pregnant, and I had began having vasovagal syncope, so fainting spells,” she stated. “As I used to be turning the nook, I felt myself blacking out, and I felt my automobile going up on the curb.”
The video, launched by MCTS, revealed one other piece of the story: the heroic actions of a bus driver who hopped off and into motion.
“To know another person was there earlier than anybody else received there, I had no thought she was there, and I’m so grateful she was,” stated Hunter.
The bus driver, Latanya, instructed FOX6 it is simply who she is. The 2 ladies lastly linked over the telephone months later.
“I noticed her slumped over, and I used to be like, ‘oh no, she’s not awake, please be OK,’” stated Latanya.
Latanya stated she was in a position to get up Hunter till assist was on the best way.
Video of bus driver coming to woman’s assist in Wauwatosa (Courtesy: MCTS)
“I don’t actually think about myself a hero. I really feel like I did what I used to be supposed to do,” stated Latanya.
It is an expectation the anticipating mom is grateful for.
“She is simply completely the sweetest particular person ever,” Hunter stated. “She stated at the moment all she may do was pray for me as a result of she didn’t know who I used to be.”
What’s subsequent:
MCTS is planning for Hunter and Latanya to lastly meet in particular person subsequent week.
The Supply: Info on this report is from FOX6 Information interviews and Milwaukee County Transit System.
