Ferrara He found a wallet on the bus of Tper and without thinking about it he handed it to the driver. Inside the “life” of a man, a citizen non-EU citizen, who he had lost his documentsincluding the residency permit And over one hundred euros in cash. The earnings of several weeks of work.
Protagonists of the beautiful story, a sixteen year old boy who attends schools in the city, the bus driver by Tper Sergio Chendi e the staff of the lost property office of the transport company. «On Friday I left Tresigallo for Ferrara – explains Chendi -. At 12.40 I set off again from the depot and then via Azzo Novello and Darsena. There was only a group of kids on the bus, all aged 14 to 16. One of them, before getting off, approached me with a wallets in his hand, saying he had it found between the seats». So “I told him that he could leave it with me and that I would hand it over to our lost property office.”
Inside «the documents of a man, a foreigner of most likely Pakistani origins, with a passport and residence permit. But also some money, more than one hundred euros in cash as well as various souvenirs.” Chendi, as promised to the boy, delivers everything to the office and starts driving the bus again. At the end of the shift «I went back to the warehouse and saw a man in the office. Someone must have said something to him because he came out and met me. He was very excitedhe had tears in his eyes and did nothing but say “Thank you”». The driver decided to make the story public above all because «I don’t know who the boy who handed me the wallet is – he continues -, even if I hope to find him on the bus these days. It is right to highlight his gesture, his education and consequently that of his family. I deal with teenagers every day and while on the one hand it is true that there are some bad apples, on the other there are good guys, which bodes well for the future. And there are many more than we think.”
