A Phoenix street vendor was selling elotes and fresh fruit near Interstate 17 when wind and hail rolled in, and the employees of a nearby bank branch did something that has now drawn more than a million views on TikTok. They brought his entire cart inside.
The vendor, Hilario Cruz Cruz, said the staff at the PNC Bank branch on Peoria Avenue knew him as a regular customer. The video, posted by someone inside the branch, has turned a stormy afternoon into one of the sweeter local stories of the fall.
A cart that would not fit through the door
According to FOX 10 Phoenix, Cruz Cruz sells elotes, the Mexican street corn served with toppings such as mayonnaise, cheese and chile, along with fresh fruit from his cart on Peoria Avenue. When the storm arrived, bank employees who had bought from him over the years stepped in to help.
He said he first told them the cart would not fit through the door. The branch manager disagreed and said it would. Cruz Cruz said he held the door against the strong wind with one hand and pulled the cart inside with the other…