Taxi driver gives free lifts to hospital and home after Manchester attack

Stories of kindness and heroism during the aftermath of the Manchester attack have emerged with strangers doing all they can to help the victims of Monday's deadly blast.

Taxi driver A.J. Singh took injured concert-goers home for free, telling media there were a lot of people stranded without phones or money and that many were hurt.

Mr Singh told Sunrise on Thursday: "I was taking people to hospital, they were like, 'You're a taxi, you've got a taxi sign,'. I'm like, 'doesn't matter - jump in, I'll take you'."

He added: "By the second one I did, I got a pen and paper and wrote free taxi on the back of my car. Someone took a picture of it and it went viral on Twitter."

AJ Singh offered free lifts to stranded and injured people after Monday's attack. Source: Yahoo UK
AJ Singh offered free lifts to stranded and injured people after Monday's attack. Source: Yahoo UK

Online reports claim Mr Singh took dozens of people home or to hospital for free on Monday night.

He has remained humble about helping people and refusing their payment.

"People are saying I'm a hero. I'm not. All I am is me. If you were there or anyone was there, we all would have done the same thing."

Some strangers have been doing all they can to help the victims of Monday's deadly blast. Source: Sunrise
Some strangers have been doing all they can to help the victims of Monday's deadly blast. Source: Sunrise


He told Yahoo News UK that at about 11pm a friend called him and asked if he was ok. He thought it was an attempt to prank call him.

"So I turned on the TV and then realised what had happened, so I jumped in my car and went straight to Manchester to see how I could help."

Mr Singh appears to console a person on the street. Source: Sunrise
Mr Singh appears to console a person on the street. Source: Sunrise

It has also been reported that he has been helping emergency workers and giving support to those injured in hospital.

Most of the 22 victims killed in the harrowing attack have been identified. They include parents, children and teachers.