WATCH: Phoenix bank employees rescue food vendor during severe Arizona storm in viral video
Reported by Fox News ·
Employees bring vendor inside
Cruz Cruz said he held the door against the wind while pulling the cart, with a worker helping from the other side. He told FOX 10 Phoenix through a translator that he might not have received the same help elsewhere.
Longtime customers step in
Cruz Cruz said the bank employees had been customers for years, buying food from his elotes cart. He believes that history led them to help when the storm arrived.
He recalled that staff insisted he and the cart stay inside, despite his concern that the cart would not fit. The manager told him it would, Cruz Cruz said.
Video draws wide attention
A week after the storm, he was again selling elotes and fresh fruit along Peoria Avenue. He said business had been booming since the video went viral and expressed gratitude to the bank manager and employees.
Key points
- PNC Bank employees pulled Hilario Cruz Cruz and his food cart inside during strong winds and hail.
- Cruz Cruz said the employees had been longtime customers of his elotes cart.
- The video received more than 1 million TikTok views and hundreds of thousands of likes.
- A week later, Cruz Cruz was back selling along Peoria Avenue and said business was booming.