The driver of the RATP offered a lesson of citizenship to unscrupulous users, who prevented a man in a wheelchair from boarding a bus in Paris.
Thursday, October 18, Porte de Clichy, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. François, in a wheelchair, waiting for the bus with his brother.
Moments later, a crowded bus stops. The ramp allowing access for people with reduced mobility unfolds but Francis remains on the sidewalk. Impossible for him to get on board.
Passengers descend and do not go back
"As nobody was moving, the driver got up and said 'Terminus! Everyone is coming down! ' " Says the man in a wheelchair, in a tweet posted on the account Accessible for all, which relays initiatives for people with reduced mobility but also the galleys they can meet.
The bus driver "told me" you can ride and the others, you wait for the one after! Adds the resident of Seine-et-Marne, who spoke to the Huffington Post and Handicap.fr site.
Yesterday while waiting for the bus in Paris, no one wanted to push himself. As nobody was moving the driver got up and said "Terminus!" Everyone comes down! After he came to see me and said "you can go up and the others, you wait for the one after!
François Le Berre pic.twitter.com/Icb5fqPMfD
RATP is looking for the driver
Under the dumbfounded eyes of the most indelicate passengers, François and his brother left on an empty bus and were able to talk with the driver. "He told us that the wheelchair, everyone could need it, one day," says the man in the chair, at the Huffington Post, while trusting his fatigue at accessibility problems in Paris and Île-de-France. of France.
RATP contacted François to try to identify the driver who came to his aid.
Hello François, in order to be able to send your message more than positive to the driver, could you come back to me with the number of the line, the hour, the stop and the direction, while confirming me the date of the 20 / 10? I thank you in advance. Nao
- RATP Customer Service (@ClientsRATP) October 22, 2018"Bravo" to the driver
The handsome gesture of this driver has been greeted by thousands of shares on social networks. "Finally a driver who had the courage to act, well done," said Beatrice, on Facebook. "There are anonymous heroes who restore faith in humanity," tweeted a user. "Like everything is not lost in 2018," concludes another.