It was an emotional reunion between an MTA bus driver and a little girl he saved who was wandering alone on a street last month in Harlem.
It turns out the 5-year-old’s pet fish had just died and she left school to get a new one.
“Thank you Luis for being my hero and saving my life from the bad guys in New York City,” said 5-year-old Addy Gonzalez.
Adaline, also known as “Addy” Gonzalez, was reunited with MTA bus operator Luis Jimenez who rescued the 5-year-old after spotting her walking alone on a Harlem sidewalk last month.
The 60-year-old was just wrapping up his morning shift on the crosstown M116 when he spotted the 5-year-old girl seemingly by herself on the sidewalk near 106th Street and Broadway.
Jimenez says he kept an eye on the girl for about a block or so before telling a passenger to call 911. He then pulled over and called his dispatcher, and with the help of other riders, got the young girl on the bus.
Police eventually arrive and get the girl safely back to her family.