It was a really cold day in London on Monday, and a paramedic named Catherine Maynard was helping an elderly pensioner who had fallen in the street.
Maynard works with the Cycle Response Unit, and she sat with the elderly near Endsleigh Street, as they waited for the London Ambulance Service to arrive.
“I was waiting with my patient for an ambulance to transfer him to hospital and although I was keeping him warm it was very cold outside,” she said. “All of a sudden, I looked up and saw someone who looked like David Beckham walking past us. He said hello and got in his car. I said to the man I was treating, ‘I think that was David Beckham.’ Ten minutes later, he came back with a cup of coffee for me and a tea for the patient.”
Maynard describes, “We were both very amused, and flattered. It was awful cycling around in the cold and I couldn’t believe it when he came back with some hot drinks – I was so chuffed.”
Beckham even posed for a photo with the paramedic which was tweeted by the London Ambulance Service:
Thank you David Beckham for buying a tea and coffee for Cycle Paramedic Catherine and her patient #buyitlikebeckham pic.twitter.com/IFvnwuGSJI
— London Ambulance (@Ldn_Ambulance) February 1, 2016
London Ambulance Service hailed Beckham’s kind gesture, saying “even a gesture as small as buying a cup of coffee makes our crews feel appreciated.”
David Beckham proved it’s the little things that count!
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[Featured Image Credit: Twitter- London Ambulance]