Before Milwaukee County Transit System bus drivers can get behind the wheel, they’re required to meet people with disabilities so they can better understand how they can serve all citizens.

Thaddeus “Thad” Turner was undoubtedly influenced by his training, but it’s also clear that he’s a genuinely good guy.

One of his good deeds was captured in a photo by a driver as well as the security cameras on his bus.

The beneficiary of his good deed? Gene Hubbard, a 69-year-old man who lost his sight due to diabetes.

But just because Hubbard is blind doesn’t mean he’s stopped going to work every day.

“No, I don’t have any plans to retire,” Hubbard said.

For 20 years he’s taken the bus to and from his office, memorizing the route step by step to get him there without his sight.

But there’s one thing that’ll make anyone’s day harder, regardless of their abilities – and that’s construction.

It just happened to make Gene’s commute many times harder.

When the road cones went up and the place where he normally crossed the street was changed, he could no longer rely on his memory to get off the bus and to his office.

“If I don’t have a regular locating point to start from, I may as well be in the middle of the ocean,” he told FOX 6 News.

His bus driver could see that he could use a hand.

28-year old Turner knew that if he was inconvenienced by the construction, it would be far more brutal for Hubbard.

“The route was barricaded, it was rough for me as a driver, I can only imagine how rough it was for him,” Turner told CNN.

That’s when Turner realized it would be safest for him to get off the bus with his passenger and help him across the road.

“I knew I had the traffic behind me stopped, because it’s only one-way through there. My concern was getting him across from the opposite direction,” the driver said.

But that’s exactly what he did. Unbuckling himself from his seat, he followed Hubbard down the stairs before locking arms with him and taking him all the way across traffic to the other side of the street safely.

“I just can’t say enough about all the bus drivers,” said Hubbard.

A bystander snapped a photo of the kind gesture, giving people another view of the good deed and sent it to the transit agency.

The Milwaukee County Transit System posted it to Facebook and shared the bus camera footage as well with local news stations.

“MCTS sure has found some of the best people to work for them. Another great example of their humanity. Bravo Thad,” replied one commenter to the feel-good story.

The whole story quickly went viral since everyone enjoys some good news once in a while.

But Turner said the attention caught him completely off-guard.

“I was surprised when I saw it in the news,” he said. “I didn’t think I would be here right now over something that is second nature to me, and my colleagues.”

Be sure to scroll down below for an interview with both men.

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Source: YouTube – Inside Edition, FOX 6 News, CNN, Facebook – Milwaukee County Transit System