More Than P13M Cash Returned By Pinoy Taxi Driver in U.S.

A Pinoy taxi driver returned $300,000 or more than P13 million in cash left in his driven cab, ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol reported yesterday.

In a report by Gigi Grande, Gerardo Gamboa was traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada when he discovered a bag at the back of his cab. When he opened it, he was surprised at what he saw–an enormous cash worth $300, 000 was inside the bag.

Gamboa immediately called his taxi company to return the money to his passenger who left it, and was able to do so.

According to him, even Christmas was approaching at that time, it never crossed in Gamboa’s mind to get the money. “Because it’s not belong to me. First of all I’m not interested about those money and … I’m not interested. And, I just wanna do the right thing, ” he said in the interview with Reuters.

Gamboa became known in America and was interviewed by various media organizations.

He believes that big change happens when doing the right thing. “It’s about doing something good to the other people, so they can pick up a good Reputation. So even if you’re driving a cab, I want these people to give you respect. Be a decent person, ”  said Gamboa.

US-based Pinoy taxi driver Gerardo Gamboa was hailed “Driver of the Year” by his company as he did a heroic act of returning $300,000 or more than P13M cash to a passenger who left it inside his cab. (Image credit: philstar.com)

As a reward of his heroic act, Gamboa received $1, 000 from his company and he was also named as “Driver of the Year” by his company.  His company owner said that Gamboa did terrific a job and that he never had problems with the driver in his 13 years of work.

Source: abs-cbn.com, DZMM