I got the chance to sit down with one of the bus drivers who's been on the job for 30 years.

And when you meet her, you will understand why she's been behind that little for so very long.

Why her bus riders just adore her.

Plus, how she is inspiring younger generations to follow in her footsteps of the artsy celebrating 30 years of providing transit service for both Southern Nevadans interest alike.

15 bus drivers have been around since day one, including Miss Sarah.

Golly.

Wow.

Hi, Miss Marie.

Hi, Sarah.

How are you?

All right, let's go for a ride.

Sarah.

30 years on the job as a bus driver.

30 years on the Las Vegas strip, The fabulous Las Vegas strip.

Tell me about that experience.

Well, it's a lot of change.

I see a lot of traffic, a lot of people, a lot of new casino.

When I was there in 1992, it wasn't so many.

It was really smaller, like, I see.

And now it's Mandalay Bay.

LAX wasn't there.

Excalibur, Mandalay Bay, all this new people move to Vegas.

Yeah, and a lot of tourists, too.

Now you're dealing with a lot of tourists every day.

How was that experience then?

I have no problem.

And talk about you actually are on the double decker bus.

That's a huge bus.

You drive that on the Las Vegas strip.

I it it's a huge bus.

It's a lot to me.

It's a small bus, actually.

But it is big.

I mean, you've gotten used to driving and you do it.

I was watching you driving that bus, and it's just so effortless for you.

You do it so easily.

Of course, is because I'm used to more on the big busses.

If you put me on on my car.

Oh, I don't know how to drive my car.

Now, Sarah, you're also inspiring our future drivers.

Tell me the story about that young man who waited for you on the Las Vegas strip.

This young man, he's named Patrick.

Patrick used to ride the bus.

He was 14 years old.

He was waiting for me with a big smile.

Guess what?

He's a bus driver now.

So when you saw him the first time, did you go?

You look familiar.

You are my son.

Oh.

Recently you were honored, along with the other 14 drivers who have been here those 30 years.

The mayor was there, and they called you heroes.

Do you consider yourself a hero?

Yes.

Yes, I love it, because let's talk about that.

During the pandemic, you were still working, right?

I worked.

You were an essential worker.

Yes, I worked six days at the time when the pandemic was.

Because people still our essential workers still had to get to work.

Right.

Yes.

So you are a hero.

Thank you.

And like Sarah, all of our bus drivers are definitely heroes in my book.

Thank you so much for what you do on a daily basis.