Hero among us: The story of an Uzbek driver who has been helping a visually impaired couple in Vladivostok for 10 years
Jamol Jorayev, a 53-year-old from Bukhara, has been driving a bus in the Russian city of Vladivostok for 11 years. He has made a habit of one thing: for 10 years, he has been helping a visually impaired married couple get on and off the bus. The driver does not do this for any reward or gratitude.
**A Hero Among Us: The story of an Uzbek driver in Vladivostok who has been helping a visually impaired couple for 10 years**
Local residents praised his actions as the highest manifestation of humanity and contacted the city administration requesting that the Uzbek driver be rewarded. "Let human help human. In the next world, you will need the reward for this goodness," he said in an interview with a Kun.uz correspondent.
Jamol Jorayev is now 53 years old. He carries passengers on route No. 7 bus in the Russian city of Vladivostok. The driver, who goes to work every morning and travels along the designated route, has a habit that sets him apart from others. For nearly ten years, he has been regularly helping a visually impaired husband and wife get on and off the bus.
According to him, the couple usually gets on the bus at the Nekrasovskaya stop and heads toward Selkhoz or Pokrovsky Park. Both of them are deprived of sight. Therefore, they need the help of others when using public transport. As soon as the driver sees them at the stop, he gets off the bus, helps them board, and seats them in their places. Upon reaching their destination, he also helps them get off.
"I have been working here for 11 years, and we have known each other for that long. When I say my name is Jamol, they know it too. I get off the bus, go and bring them, and sit them in their places. Although I have been helping them for so many years, it was this particular time that I ended up on the internet," says Jamol Jorayev.
He does not consider this an extraordinary act or one worthy of special recognition. For him, helping a person in need has become a simple rule of life.
**"A Russian woman wrote to the city administration"**
One of the local women was the reason Jamol Jorayev's story spread widely. Seeing him help the visually impaired passengers, a Russian woman was moved by the situation and turned to the city administration. She stated that the Uzbek driver's humanity needed to be recognized.
"A Russian woman wrote to the administration. She wrote to the effect of: 'You dislike Uzbeks, but look at what kind of humanity they are showing,'" says Jamol Jorayev.
Following the appeal, Jorayev's noble actions were recognized in Vladivostok, and he was expressed gratitude on behalf of the head of the city and presented with a souvenir gift.
"Let human help human. Even if it is your enemy, do good to them. In the next world, you will need the reward for this goodness. That is why one should do good in this life," says Jamol Jorayev.