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Hero Bus Driver Saves Lost Child on Busy Florida Street ❤️🚌 #Hero #Viral

2025-10-11 26 Dailymotion

A quick-thinking bus driver is receiving praise for springing into action after she spotted a young child wandering alone and barefoot in the middle of a busy street in Florida.<br /><br />Barbara Baker, a driver and grandmother, stopped her bus on Route 12 in Tampa just after 7 a.m. on Aug. 31 to help the child, who was wearing pajamas, according to video posted by the Hillsborough Transit Authority (HART) on Wednesday.<br /><br />“Oh my God,” Baker can be heard saying in video footage that was taken from inside the bus. “Look at the baby out there by himself.” <br /><br />She stopped the bus and hurried out its front door to help the child.<br /><br />“Come here, baby,” she told the little boy before scooping up the child, who by then had made his way to the side of the road. <br /><br />The boy was unable to communicate where his home was, so Baker returned to the bus with him in her arms.<br /><br />“Give me one second, please,” she told the passengers aboard her bus as she called HART operations and waited for the police to come.<br /><br />“Mama,” the boy can be heard saying in the video.<br /><br />His age was not immediately clear. <br /><br />Baker held him on her hip and continued to speak soothingly to him while they waited for help.<br /><br />After knocking on doors in the neighborhood, police found the mother of the child within 20 minutes of the incident. The family lived 2½ blocks away from where the child was found, according to HART.<br /><br />In an interview with HART following the incident, Baker said her “heart dropped” as soon as she saw the boy in the street.<br /><br />“When the police came, it’s like I almost wanted to cry because I thought about my grandbabies, and I’m like, ‘Oh, cars [are] passing, and nobody is helping this baby in the road.” <br /><br />Baker said that just recalling the incident made her emotional. <br /><br />“But knowing that the baby is home — that’s a big thing for me,” she said.<br /><br />In the video posted on Facebook, HART lauded Baker, saying, “Transit workers do more than drive — they safeguard the community every mile of the way.”<br /><br />In a statement, HART’s CEO, Scott Drainville, said, “Operator Baker’s courage and attentiveness exemplify the dedication and heart that define our team.”

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