Our union sister and MBTA driver Muriel Evans knew something wasn’t right last Wednesday when she spotted a little boy, walking all alone and waving her down.

“I said, ‘Oh my God.’ I was so scared for him because I couldn’t believe that he was all by himself,” said Evans.

The 9-year-old boy was supposed to be on his school bus, on his way home from Cunnigham Elementary, following an early release. However, he managed to walk away and ended up wandering through East Milton Square.

When Evans saw him, she told him to get on her bus.

“Anything could have happened. Somebody could have kidnapped him; he could have got hit by a car,” Evans said.

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