Heartwarming moment tram driver stops to help lost boy before reuniting him with his worried parents
- Josef Chodounsky stopped his tram in middle of the street after seeing a lost boy
- Driver in Prague, Czech Republic, got the boy, who only spoke English, on board
- They then began to search for his parents on the capital’s streets
A kind-hearted driver stopped his tram in the middle of a city street to help a boy who had become separated from his parents.
Footage shows the driver stop in Prague, Czech Republic, after noticing a boy with a ‘desperate expression’ standing at the side of the road.
The boy – who only spoke English – tearfully told the driver Josef Chodounsky he was lost.
This is the moment a tram driver stops to help a boy after noticing him with a ‘desperate expression’ on a street in Prague, Czech Republic. The boy is pictured above on the street before and after crossing the road
Driver Josef Chodounsky halted the tram and got out to help the boy. He can be heard saying ‘You lost your parents?’ before adding ‘Ok, don’t worry – are they in the tram?’
The video shows the tram stop on the Ujezd street near Hellichova tram stop before the boy runs over.
‘You lost your parents?’, Mr Chodounsky can be heard saying, before adding ‘Ok, don’t worry – are they in the tram?’
The boy boards the vehicle and they drive to the next stop – where they luckily manage to spot his parents.
‘There!’ shouts the boy, pointing, before he thanks the driver and jumps out the tram.
Posting the video on social media, Mr Chodounsky said: ‘All crying, he tried to tell me in English what had hit him. I knew it right away, loaded it up and hurried to the next stop, where I expected to see impatient parents.
‘Everything turned out well and the family reunited in their arms.’
The boy – who only speaks English – boards and they drive on while searching for his parents
At the next tram stop, the boy shouts ‘there!’ and points as he spots his worried family
He also told Expats Cz that he stopped when he saw the boy was ‘looking around for a while’.
Mr Chodounsky, pictured on Twitter, decided to upload the video to show a gesture of goodwill at Christmas
‘He tried to watch the tram for a while, but of course it disappeared in the distance. When I saw his desperate expression, I immediately stopped by to find out what had happened to him because I hadn’t noticed it first.
‘Through tears, he tried to tell me in English what had happened.’
‘Honestly, I have long considered whether to post a video of this event because bad people might find some violations, but you know what? It’s Christmas, and every help to your neighbour is all the more pleasing.
‘Even my mood cannot spoil any possible punishment.’
Mr Chodounsky was concerned about posting the video due to a new regulation that forbids Prague tram drivers from sharing video taken from their routes online.