South Asian Man Gives Shoes Off His Feet To A Homeless Guy On A Bus

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Indo-Canadian Bus Driver Surjit Virk’s Photos Of The Giver And Recipient Go Viral!

The man who gave the shoes and socks off his feet was wearing a Muslim dress and had just left a nearby mosque. He was identified as a 27-year-old Surrey resident, but has insisted to not be identified because of his Islamic faith which maintains that charitable acts and good deeds should be kept anonymous.

SURREY – A South Asian man’s great act of kindness goes viral after he gives the shoes off his feet, including socks, to a shoeless-homeless man on a bus and the act was captured by off-duty Indo-Canadian bus driver who’s “soul-touching” photos have gone viral around the world.

The man was traveling on a bus to Guildford when he noticed a fellow passenger was barefoot with only plastic hair nets covering his feet, according to Surjit Virk.

“It made my heart melt,” Virk told 24 Hours. “He just took his shoes and socks off and said, ‘You can take these, don’t worry about me — I live close by and can walk.’ People usually don’t care or even look at other people on the bus, they didn’t even want to sit beside this guy because of how he was dressed.”

The man was wearing a Muslim dress and had just left a nearby mosque. He was identified as a 27-year-old Surrey resident by 24 Hours, but has insisted to not be identified because of his Islamic faith which maintains that charitable acts and good deeds should be kept anonymous.

Virk witnesses the random act of kindness last Saturday on a cold and rainy day coming home on the bus when he noticed a man wearing plastic bags on his feet instead of shoes.

Virk then watched as another man came onto the bus, heading to Guildford. The man initially took a seat beside Virk, but then he too noticed the man with no shoes and moved across the aisle to be closer to him.

“He (the second man) started to take his shoes and socks off and I wondered why? He slid his shoes over and said he should take them. He said he lived nearby. Wow, I was so inspired by it. It was soul touching. He simply got up and got off at the next stop,” Virk said.

Virk, who happened to have his phone out, quickly took a photo of the unknown good Samaritan as he walked barefoot away from the bus stop. He then spoke to the man who was putting on the shoes.

“I asked him if I could take his picture and share his story with the people. It was amazing to see something like that. It was one human to another human. It was shocking to witness something like that.”

Virk, who wasn’t working at the time, said he was coming home that day from the Vaisakhi parade, where there was a collective spirit of charity.

But this was different, he said.

“This was a random act of kindness. He noticed something and thought this man’s needs were greater than his own. Then he did something to help.”