{"id":3292,"date":"2025-10-15T11:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/3292\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T11:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:59:08","slug":"mta-hero-staten-island-bus-driver-helps-little-girl-bit-by-dog-on-board-s40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/3292\/","title":{"rendered":"MTA Hero: Staten Island bus driver helps little girl bit by dog on board S40"},"content":{"rendered":"

ByEyewitness News \"WABC<\/p>\n

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 11:42AM<\/p>\n

\"MTA<\/p>\n

Hasan Taylor helped a little girl who was bitten by a dog while on board the S40 bus.<\/p>\n

NEW YORK (WABC) — This week’s MTA Hero is Hasan Taylor, an MTA bus operator in Staten Island who helped a girl who was bitten by a dog on board the bus.<\/p>\n

Taylor was operating the bus when a little girl was bitten by a dog on board.<\/p>\n

He jumped into action to get the dog away from the girl and waited until Ems and police arrived. He said his parental instincts just kicked in.<\/p>\n

Taylor has been with the MTA for 15 years.<\/p>\n

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