MCTS bus driver helps lost child; found in just diaper; 'he just ran up'

MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) bus driver proves once again that not all heroes wear capes.

"A lot of speed traffic. A lot of people going to work. It’s busy very busy." said MCTS bus driver Elex McGlaston, who remembers the moment he discovered a regular passenger with some unexpected company.

"I opened the door, and he said I saw this little kid out here trying to cross the street," McGlaston added.

The four-year-old was barefoot and wearing just a diaper during the morning rush hour near the intersection of 76th and Silver Spring.

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They brought the child on the bus; passengers kept an eye on the child while the driver called police.

"Police was knocking on every door at this apartment to see if they can find the parent," said McGlaston.

"The dad comes out the apartment and the dad was like ‘that’s my kid.’ He’s hysterical, he’s like that’s my son. He says his son must’ve got out when the mother went to work," said McGlaston.

MCTS says this is just one of 15 children that drivers have been able to help in recent years.

"They do this as part of their jobs every day, and they even get some tips and training before they become bus operators, but one of the things that's most important to becoming a bus operator is actually customer service and understanding how to be the eyes and ears of the community," said MCTS Marketing and Communications Manager Anna Schryver.

"The community needs to step up because my passenger, he made a point to grab him out the street because he was worried and concerned too, so it’s good that the community can step up too," said McGlaston.