A Real Hero: Darnell Barton

I'm a cynical guy who certainly dwells on some of the miserable things that go on each day.

We all do.

Check the news.

"So and so was drunk driving."

"John Doe stabbed or shot, or beat Jane Doe."

"Here's a fire!!!"

And the national news?

Forget it!

Well, this week we were treated to a good story.

A man did what we all aspire to do.

But he did it.

Darnell Barton is an NFTA bus driver here in Buffalo. I'm quite sure he's had some miserable days performing his job on a routine basis. He's probably seen people at their worst.

Darnell had a bus filled with passengers. They were near Buffalo State College. Darnell was paying attention. He saw a young lady on the wrong side of the guide-rail, and he thought that it was looking like she might jump.

So Darnell did what a lot of other people who light have seen the young lady didn't.

He stopped and he headed out the door to help.

Darnell asked if he could lend a hand. He sat down on the ground and wrapped his arm around the lady.

She didn't kill herself that day, and she might have had Darnell not been behind that wheel.

Very cool.

It does all of us good to hear a story like that.

Since it happened Darnell has been on the national news and is being hailed as a true hero.

Good for him.

We should elect him to congress.

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