The MTA bus driver who bravely rescued a girl who was wandering alone on the Upper West Side last month went rogue and crashed into a hardwood forest Sunday. Timeless Torches members — 40+ dance troupe performing at the Liberty Games in New York.
Luis Jimenez, 60, wore a black Torches jersey and black track pants as he sat in the stands at Brooklyn's Barclays Center ahead of Game 2 of the WNBA Finals, where Torches performed.
Driver, who has been part of the troupe for years, told the Post in 2013 that nighttime gigs give him flexibility for daytime work, and he dances to “Fountain of Youth.” He said that he equated them.
“It preserves my energy and everything I have,” Jimenez said at the time. “Helping to drive a bus is the best thing in the world. I help seniors get where they need to go and give them special needs.”
No dance move is too difficult for a stocky driver. It can be broken down into disco, hip-hop, and rock'n'roll depending on the demands of the moment.
“Bring it to the floor!” he said. “Anyway, they teach us and we learn it.”
A drunken driver was recently hailed as a hero. As reported by ABC 7 New York One Tuesday in September, police stopped a city bus after seeing a 5-year-old girl wandering the streets of Manhattan alone.
He told the station he immediately knew something was wrong. That was especially true when the girl ran off the sidewalk and onto the street near West 106th and Broadway.
“I developed a fatherly instinct, because if you see a child in need on the street, you want someone to help your child or one of your grandchildren,” Jimenez told the magazine. Ta.
“My wife always seems to be worried about me, because if I see something, there's an MTA adage that says, 'If you see something, say something.' It's the same,” he continued. . “Well, let's try something together.”
After observing the girl for about a block, Jimenez told one of the riders to call the police.
He then, with the help of a passenger, stopped the car and picked the girl up while waiting for police to arrive.
Surveillance camera footage showed the girl walking alone on the sidewalk and being helped onto the bus by an adult.
Authorities said the girl snuck out of school 10 blocks away because her pet fish had just died and she wanted to go to a pet store to buy a new one.
The school had also reported her missing.
Police quickly returned the girl to her family. Jimenez added that he hoped she would find new fish.
“If she doesn't get it, we should help and try to get it for her,” he said.
