The officers saw a woman walking on the road following her. He couldn’t stop crying. Another day, another dollar, right? Well, for this woman, another day was another 12 miles of walking to get that dollar. While many of Americans get to work.
By car, bus, or train, this woman walked 6 miles to work and then the same 6 miles to get home. That’s 12 miles every day. Every single day. Walking 6 miles in the morning sounds. Tough, but at least you’re fresh after. Hopefully a good night’s sleep. But 6 miles after a long day at work. For Galatia Corbett, one particular day in.
Nashville in August 2018 was like any other day. It was a regular working day in which she needed to get to work on time. But one person popped up out of nowhere and changed a normal day into one of the best days, looking for a feel good story, a reminder that there are good people in this world. This is the one to read. It’s stories like these that restore our.
Faith in humanity, at least for people like me, who tend to get distracted by all the negativity we see and hear every day. Minding her own business, Jalicia was walking on the sidewalk and minding her own. Business when she noticed through her peripheral. Vision that a car slowly was approaching her. She tried to ignore it and kept on walking, her eyes fixed on the view in front of her. But this car was persistent, and it.
Seemed like whoever was driving had his. Or her eyes set on her. The car was creeping closer to the curb. Meanwhile, Jalicia is silently praying that nothing funny was going to happen to her. She just hoped that her worst fears weren’t going to actualize right there on. Her long and arduous walk to work. And that’s when she took a quick glance at the blue and red lights, he was on his way to work, too.
At that point, Jalicia understood that the car following her was a cop car, and that wasn’t any more comforting to her. Not today, she said to herself, and kept on praying that everything would be okay. But the cop honked his Horn. The cop in the car was Sergeant Scott Bass. Bass was driving his cruiser that day as he was on his way to the Nashville County Sheriff’s Office to report for duty Incidentally, Sergeant Bass was also on his way to work.
He was coming close to the Stone Gate mobile home community when he saw a familiar figure. For days now, Sergeant Bass had been hoping to see this woman. Why? Because he felt like he had some unfinished business with her. An unpleasant morning. Now that Bass saw the woman he. Was looking for, he wasn’t going to waste the opportunity. That woman was, as you can probably guess, Jalisa Corbett. When Bath saw her, she was on.
Her way to work, which was the. Popular fast food joint Bojangles. As I mentioned before, the walk was long, but it was tolerable since she was used to it. By then, however, that day was particularly unpleasant. The sudden bursts of rain made her usual routine a lot more difficult. She had her umbrella that she took from home, but when she tried to open it, the strong winds took it right out of her hand. Nevertheless, she persisted on with her journey to work. Jalisa was nowhere near her work and was soaking wet from the downpour.
Yet, like the trooper that she is. She stayed alert and tried to avoid all of the growing puddles on the sidewalk. It had already been enough of a struggle to get to work that day, and having an incident with a police car was the last thing on her mind, not to mention the last thing she wanted. For Galicia, walking to work on a sunny day was hard enough, but with all this wind and rain, she felt like she was being caught in the middle of a category five Hurricane.
But she knew she could handle it and get safely to Bowjangles, but not necessarily if there was a cop on her tail 12 miles round trip. Julissa did everything she could to make her daily walk to work an easy one, at least with what she could afford. For instance, she bought herself a comfortable pair of sneakers, but she knew her shoes couldn’t save her from the rain.
Her feet were wet, and she’d already felt blisters forming on her heels and toes from her wet socks. Every day she walks to and from Bojangles, and so this was definitely not her first time walking for so long, but her aching feet were shouting for mercy.
The journey covers a total of 12 miles round trip. It may sound crazy, but for this woman, this daily burden meant she would be able to provide for her family. Why, on this day of all days, Jalicia felt strongly that nobody, not even a cop, would stop her from doing her duty of getting to work and providing for her family. She was willing to do anything for her children, and the thought of not letting them down was what gave her strength every step of the way.
But when the cops showed up and stopped her, it made her rethink everything. She walked on that highway every single day, risking her life over and over again. She thought to herself, what am I doing wrong? Maybe she was becoming a hassle to the motorists. What could possibly be the reason why she was being stopped now? And why, on this of all days, Julisa knew that she couldn’t just pretend to ignore the cop car forever, and it wasn’t working anymore. The driver was still honking at her. Instead of worrying about what she was doing wrong, she finally decided to stop in her tracks and just wait for the cop to approach her.
She basically held her breath when the driver pulled up beside her, he lowered the window and she could almost hear her heart pounding inside of her. For Jalicia, a cop always meant trouble. She was afraid of what he would. Say to her or worse. Although this meant that she would now be running late, she had no choice but to turn and face him. There was no other option at this point. According to Sergeant Bass, he was blown away by this woman’s effort to make.
It to her work every day so. That she could provide for her family. While many women today do take more than their share of the work to this cop, Jalicia was different. She did more than the average person. As a police officer, Bass knew that it wasn’t really his responsibility to give the woman a ride to work because it was raining. Nowhere in his police officer job description did it say you must give free rides to pedestrians. However, he had seen this woman daily now for a while, and he couldn’t.
Get the thought of her daily struggle. Out of his mind. Sergeant Bass knew he could personally do more for this hard working mom, but what could he possibly give her? Sergeant Bass figured this was his opportunity to help the woman. It was raining. She had to get to work. He had a car, so why not? He pulled up next to her and offered her a ride to Bojangles.
She was reluctant, but felt it was indeed a good idea and would help her. Although Sergeant Bass was just being kind and offering her a lift to work, Galicia couldn’t help but feel nervous when the cop, before dropping her off, asked her to meet up with him. She had the slightest idea why he wanted to see her, but she agreed. Jalicia was asked to come to the Sheriff’s office after work.
Although she had no idea what this. Was all about, she was feeling confident that the man meant no harm. When she arrived at the station, Sergeant Bass saw her and went to his car. Immediately, he reached in and hauled out something big. What he pulled out of his vehicle. Was a new Schwenn Fairhaven women’s cruiser bicycle. Before she even had a chance to react, Bass told her that it was a gift for her. I think you can imagine the shock she was experiencing. A cop given a civilian a gift and, of all things, a bicycle. She was speechless.
She didn’t understand what was going on. One day she’s headed to work and the next day she’s getting a bicycle as a present from a police officer. All the while, she had feared that she would find herself in jail, but when this super nice cop presented the gift to her, she instantly felt ashamed for having thought the worst. Sadly for Galicia, kindness from adults was. So rare that she could equate it.
With finding a four leaf Clover. Standing there looking at this brand new bike, Jalicia didn’t know what to say to the man. In an instant, she knew that her life was going to change. This cop’s simple act of kindness really made her believe in humanity once more and changed the way she thought about strangers in Sergeant Bass’s mind, Galica is one of the most admirable individuals he’s ever met in his life. For the sake of her kids, she.
Didn’T mind getting blisters on her feet from walking a total of 12 miles each and every day. And on top of that, she was required to stand on her feet all day. Although it was awkward for Jalicia to take something like this from a police officer who was a stranger to her, Sergeant Bass made sure that she didn’t feel as though he was doing this for the sake of charity.
He made her feel that she really did deserve the gift. Hearing him out, it warmed Jalicia’s heart knowing that someone who she didn’t even know recognized her and appreciated her hard work. Other cops from the Nash County Sheriff’s Office who were there to watch it all unfold filmed the meeting between Sergeant Bass and Jalicia. The video was posted on YouTube by CBS 17 and within a matter of hours alone, the video was starting to go viral.
The video of Bass giving Julissa her new bike got more than 6000 views after a few hours of being on the internet. Judging by all the comments and likes, it was clear that the community was amazed by this really sweet and life changing moment. The Nash County Sheriff’s office also felt proud of their members act of generosity.