For quite awhile I have been using Sundays to write about individuals who deserve our praise and respect for something they did. Daljit Soni is such an individual.
From the Epoch Times:
Truck driver Daljit Sohi made a stop at the rest area on Nov. 29, 2024, when he saw Shailly James, of High River, Alta., inadvertently drop her purse during the stop while assisting her 4-year-old child.
As James drove away, Sohi got into his truck and followed, intending to return the purse, which contained James’s ID cards, $1,100, a gold chain, and her credit cards.
James was concerned when she noticed a truck following her, she said in a message she wrote to Sohi’s trucking company later. When she stopped about three hours later to fill up at a gas station in Sicamous, B.C., Sohi took the opportunity to return her purse.
“I was incredibly grateful for his honesty,” James wrote to Sohi’s employer in a note shared with The Epoch Times. “As a token of appreciation, I offered him a $500 reward, but he kindly refused and did not provide his name or any details about his company and left.”
James took note of Sohi’s trailer number and was able to contact his B.C. employer, Abbotsford-based trucking company Triple Eight Transport Inc.
James said she wanted to express her gratitude to Sohi for his “integrity and kindness,” and later sent him an iPhone to the company’s address as a token of appreciation, a spokesperson for the company told The Epoch Times.
Sohi was named a TCA Highway Angel on Dec. 9 and has been nominated for the 2024 Highway Angels of the Year Award.
Kudos to Daljit Soni. I hope that he wins the Highway Angel of the Year Award.
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