An MTA bus driver is being hailed a hero after he saw a little girl walking alone in New York City, per Daily Mail. Luis Jimenez, 60, was finishing his morning shift when he noticed a five-year-old girl walking by herself on the sidewalk near 160th and Broadway on Tuesday afternoon.

“We have a saying in the MTA – if you see something, say something,”

Jimenez told ABC 7. The Harlem native watched the little girl through his front window for about a block before he pulling over. He called his dispatcher and asked a passenger to dial 911. 

With help from the other passengers, Jimenez managed to get the little girl, who still had her school bag, safely onto the bus. Her school had reported her missing because she didn’t show up for class. The young girl has never gone missing, reports state. However, that day she decided to skip out on school to go to the pet store. The little girl’s fish had recently died, and she was trying to find a new pet to replace it, reports reveal. 

She had already walked ten blocks away from her school when Jimenez noticed her. It so happened that Jimenez was supposed to call out of work sick that morning. His fatherly instincts kicked in, and he was able to make sure the child got back to her family safely.

“My instinct as a father came on because if I see a kid in the street in need of help, I would want somebody to help one of my children or one of my grandkids,”

he said.

#Clique, what are your thoughts?