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WEBVTT ALEXIS:rt CINCINNATI METRO BUSESMAKE 50,000 TRIPS A DAY.19-YEAR METRO VETERAN DRIVERSHALITA MCDANIEL HAS ONE TRIP,rtSHE'LL NEVER FORGET.NEITHER WILL PASSENGERS, LIKEMICHAEL DELEON.>> HE WAS JUST KIND OF STANDINGrtRIGHT HERE.IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS TRYING TOCROSS THE STREET THEN ALL OF ASUDDEN HE FELL FACE FIRST INFRONT OF THE BUS.ALEXIS: MCDANIEL SPOTTErtD THEMAN, AND THREW THE BUS TO ASCREECHING HALT ON READING ROAD,INCHES AWAY FROM HIM.MCDANIEL MANEUVERED THE BUS TOSHIELD THE MAN, AS HE HAD ASEIZURE IN THE STREET.>>rt MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS TO GOAROUND THEM BUT SOMETHING TOLDME JUST TO STOP.rtI FELT LIKE IF I WENT AROUND HIM, THE CARS BEHIND ME WOULD HAVEHIT HIM.ALEXIS: MCDANIEL CALLED 911 ArtSSHE RAN TO THE MANS AID.DEVOTED TO A STRANGERS LIVE-- STRANGER'Srt LIFE, MCDANIELWAITED FOR THE ALL CLEAR.DELEON SAYS IT'S A RIDE, AND ANACT OF HEROISM, HE'LL NEVERrtFORGET.>> WE SEE MIRACLES EVERY DAY.DO WE RECOGNIZE IT IS ONE THINGOR ANOTHER.THAT DAY, SHE WAS THATrtGENTLEMEN, -- DENTAL MAN'S --rtGENTLEMAN'S ANGEL.

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Cincinnati metro buses make 50,000 trips a day. One trip became one of the most memorable for 19-year driving veteran Shalita McDaniel as a man collapsed in front of her bus. "He was just kind of standing right here. It looked like he was trying to cross the street, then all of a sudden he fell face-first in front of the bus,” said Michael Deleon, a passenger on the bus.“My first instinct was to go around them, but something told me just to stop. I felt like if I went around him, the cars behind me would have hit him."McDaniel ran to the man’s aid while calling 911. Deleon said her quick thinking may very well have saved the man’s life.“There were some unruly passengers that wanted to continue on their journey, and they were upset with her because she wouldn't move the bus. She said, 'I am not moving this bus.' She was afraid if she moved the bus that someone would come behind and maybe run the gentleman over,” Deleon said. “The gentleman was still having seizures. I think he had at least 10 seizures while I was standing there. I was not going to leave until I knew he was OK,” McDaniel said.McDaniel waited for the all-clear before she moved the bus.“I talked to the police officer that was there, and he informed me that the guy will be OK,” McDaniel said.McDaniel’s actions left Deleon at a loss for words.“We see miracles every day. Do we recognize it is one thing or another. That day, she was that gentleman’s angel. Who knows what would have happened?” Deleon said. “I am not real religious, but I told her, ‘Peter Chapter 7 says, "For he who knows the right thing to do but fails to do the right thing, then it is sin."' She did the right thing."McDaniel said she takes her job as a professional seriously, and she hopes if her loved ones were in need, someone would step in and help them.“I would hope and pray that someone would help mine out. That is how I always think. I think about my kids; family members,” McDaniel said. “We serve the public, you know what I am saying? In whatever manner, we serve them.“