Jordan hailed a hero for Manchester ‘taxi’ service
A KIND-HEARTED man who spent Tuesday night as a free taxi service ferrying children away from the Manchester bomb scene to their home in Widnes, was hailed a hero by former footballer Peter Schmeichel.
Jordan Stevenson, 23, instantly tweeted an offer to do ‘lifts all night’ after news of the attack broke.
It was retweeted thousands of times and soon Jordan got a call from a parent looking for two 17-year-old girls from Widnes who had been to the Ariana Grande gig.
Ex-goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel called him a ‘hero’ and a ‘great ambassador’ for his generation.
Jordan, from, Liverpool, said: “It was around 11.30 when I first started to hear what was going on.
“At that point, I was concerned there was going to be an abundance of scousers not able to get home.
“I sent the tweet, went to brush my teeth, then jumped in the car. At that point, I just assumed I was going to get requests. About half way down the M62, I got a call from some parents asking me to go and pick up two girls.”
Jordan, who lives in Huyton, continued: “When I came into the centre, there was a sign saying ‘Do not enter the city centre.’ But I was thinking about those 17-year-olds.”
Luckily, Jordan was able to find the girls and drive them home to Widnes. ●
Once he dropped them off, he headed back to collect a pair of university students. Then he made another trip to collect a couple in their thirties who had no way of getting home – refusing to take a penny from them in return.
In the hours that followed, Jordan’s twitter page was full of comments from people praising his generosity.
But Jordan is keen to pay tribute to the thousands of others who pitched in to help the victims in the hours after the tragedy.
He said: “Paramedics and ambulances were speeding past with people’s lives in the balance, in their hands.”