Why This Bus Driver Instantly Called The Cops When A Boy Boarded His Bus.

why this bus driver instantly called the cops when a boy boarded his bus hi awesomes and welcome to another video before the video starts make sure to subscribe and turn notifications on to never miss our videos [Music] when Tim Watson arrived for work one Friday morning he didn't expect anything out of the ordinary most days were typically the same for the bus driver he'd start his route and watched the collection of passengers passed through his bus at every stop dot I am the eight months that Watson had been working for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority he'd seen his fair share of passengers some were happy to be there while others had seen better days each passenger was preoccupied with their lives and he knew to stay out of their business until one little boy entered his bus Watson's route started at the Great Mall in the Bay Area city of Milpitas California there were the usual passengers on their daily commute to school or work but occasionally there were a few who were taking his route for the first time Watson was preparing to start his route a man came up to him he asked me what time the bus was leaving I told him it leaves at 11:13 a.m. he told Morin Independent Journal Watson didn't think much of it but the man would turn out to be someone he paid close attention to shortly after his inquiry the man boarded the bus with a little boy he attempted to pay for the bus fare with $2.00 but Watson informed him it cost four dollars to ride the express bus that's when the man whipped out a transit card for disabled persons to get a reduced fare T AG man who looked to be about in his mid-20s didn't appear disabled but Watson knew not to make assumptions and let them board the bus the man in the boy quietly walked to some seats towards the back as they sat down Watson noticed that the little boy had started crying this was not an unusual sight to see on the bus he had seen many young children board the bus with their families and start having temper tantrums . watson figured that that must be what was going on with this little boy and proceeded to mind his own business but still there was something about the boy's demeanor that watson couldn't get out of his mind it didn't seem like he was having a typical temper tantrum Watson began his 15 mile bus route and as much as he needed to pay attention to the road he kept glancing at the teary eyed Boyd through his rear view mirror the man tried to get the boy to keep quiet even telling him to try to go to sleep dot still the boy continued to cry which gave Watson a strange feeling there was something about this boy's sadness that just didn't seem right and Watson couldn't help but feel like he needed to keep his eye on the situation that's when he heard a beeping sound there were only six people on the bus during the first 15 minutes of Watson's rout that's when he received a message from the transit agency's Operations Center he didn't usually check these messages mid route but this one was important th eve tall was alerting all of its drivers of a child abduction that had occurred earlier that morning a three year old boy was taken from the mall PETA's public library that day at around 10:40 a.m. as Watson read more of the urgent message his mind started to put two and two together the message described the missing three-year-old as wearing a dark blue shirt plaid shorts and red croc sandals Watson instantly thought of the boy who was crying in the back of his bus and wondered if there was a connection there not H II peered into his rearview mirror but couldn't get a good look at what the boy was wearing Watson couldn't do much at that moment as he was driving so he continued on his route despite trying to put it out of his mind Watson's parental instincts wouldn't let him as a father of two himself Watson's heart sank as he read the urgent message he thought of the missing child's parents and couldn't even begin to imagine how they must feel not knowing where their little boy was dot Watson tried to get a good look at the boy in the back of his bus but still couldn't be sure he was the one the authorities were searching for it wasn't like he could just stop the bus right there in check there were other passengers on the bus as well and he didn't want to cause a scene the urgent message also described the suspect as an african-american man approximately 25 years old and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and jeans Watson instantly connected this description to the man who was with the boy on his bus TT that moment he knew that he needed to find a way to verify that these were the people police were looking for Watson looked back at the man who looked impatient to disembark Watson had to find a way to verify that he matched the description of the suspect without tipping him off Watson knew that the man could get off the bus with the boy at any moment so he needed to devise a plan quickly to keep them on board all the passengers on the bus apparently were unaware of the missing child situation that was going on and were minding their own business dot nearing the end of the route Watson thought hard about what he should do next that's when he decided to do something out of the ordinary and pull off the freeway he needed to execute this plan as seamlessly as possible Watson stopped in front of the nearest McDonald's and told passengers he was looking for a green backpack left behind by someone who'd already gotten off it was the perfect excuse to get up and get a good look at the man and the little boy got luckily none of the passengers questioned Watson's impromptu stop since a lone backpack could have signaled something serious like a bomb threat asking the passengers to check under the seats while looking himself Watson was able to slowly make his way toward the back of the bus this was the perfect ruse for Watson to be able to get a good look at this suspicious man and the little boy when he finally reached the rope that they were in he asked the man if he had seen the green backpack the man replied that he had not dot 80 that point Watson was able to get a good look at the boy's clothes sure enough I see the plaid shorts and red shoes that's what really stuck out in my mind Watson told ABC 7 News Watson's suspicions confirmed he slowly made his way back to the driver's seat he proceeded to his regular route but decided to make a discreet phone call if anyone had seen him they could have figured he was letting headquarters know that he couldn't find the green backpack little did they know Watson was making a call to the Fatah dispatcher to tell them he believed the little boy and the suspected kidnapper were on his bus at least the bus engine was loud enough so no one could hear him make the call at that point Watson was instructed on exactly what he should do the dispatcher told Watson to continue on his route as normal but to drive slowly they alerted the police have Watson's suspicions Watson had already driven into the city of Fremont miles away from where the boy was taken in mol PETA's dot Watson was likely nervous about executing this plan successfully if the suspect had any suspicion about what was going on he could make the move to get away swiftly with the little boy but Watson wasn't going to let that happen Watson continued to drive cautiously as he neared the end of his route he checked his rearview mirror once again to check on the suspect and the little boy the boys tears had subsided and the man looked like she was ready to disembark neither had suspected a thing dot Watson knew that the authorities were aware of the situation and had plans to apprehend the suspect still he worried that one wrong move could tip the guy off and let him get away Watson hoped that he could help save the little boy Watson was nearing his next stop at the Fremont BART station as he continued on the route he noticed police cruisers pull up behind his bus with their lights flashing but their sirens off luckily there were no windows at the back of the bus that would allow the suspect to see any of this dot t-h-e police quietly followed the bus to its next stop Watson continued on tentatively coming to a halt when they finally arrived at the bus stop while he engaged the brakes Watson noticed several police officers approached the bus from behind Watson was aware that these next few moments could make or break the boys rescue if the suspect had noticed the cops waiting outside of the bus he might have done something drastic dot so I opened my door one slowly giving them time to get prepped and ready to go I open up door to the gentleman walks out calm cool collected as can be and they take him down on the spot sinn recalled to ABC 7 news the suspect was completely caught off guard by the fact that police were already waiting for him despite a bit of resistance police were able to detain and arrest the kidnapper the little boy knew he was being rescued his parents who had already heard that the police had a potential lead were notified that their little boy had been rescued . they were so relieved to hear the good news and had an emotional reunion with their son when he was taken to the police station for questioning they were too distraught to give news outlets their side of the story but incredibly grateful for the heroic bus driver who followed his intuition once news of this rescue mission was made public Tim Watson was lauded as a local hero if not for his sharp eye and instincts who knows where this little boy would have ended up had the kidnapper managed to get on one of the BART trains with the boy finally returned to his parents at police headquarters Watson couldn't believe what had just happened and that's when my own kids came to mind and I just broke down I couldn't hold myself down I just wanted to go inside the bus and reflect he said police said that the suspect had no connections to the family they were still trying to figure out his motives for kidnapping their son regardless of what they were the man got on the right bus because Watson was driving it as a bus driver Watson was taught what to do in these types of situations especially those that dealt with suspected human trafficking but it wasn't his training that sprung him into action even though we had all this training the father instinct kicked in he told mo PETA's independent journal thank you for watching our video make sure that you are subscribed and don't forget to like it [Music]

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Length: 11min 10sec (670 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 03 2019