Commuting to work can be one of the most stressful and annoying parts of someone’s day. Sgt. Scott Bass from the Nash County Sheriff’s Office understands this, as he has to commute to work every day in his police cruiser.

Bass often noticed a woman who had a much more challenging commute walking near the Stone Gate Mobile Home Community. One day, he decided to stop and talk to her, and he was disturbed when he heard her story.

“One morning at this intersection I saw a young female walking, and it was really, really cold,” he explained. “I could see by her dress that she worked for Bojangles.’”

The woman’s name was Jaylesya Corbett, and she worked for a Bojangles’ in Nashville, which was a whopping six miles away. It took her two hours to walk to work and two hours to return home each and every day, and Bass started helping the woman whenever he saw her.

Whenever it was rainy or cold, Bass made sure to pick Corbett up. The officer was so touched by Corbett’s determination that he wanted to do something more to help her.

“It just kinda really weighed on me and bothered me, and every day that I gave her a ride I just, for some reason just talked to my wife about her,” Bass said. “I wanted to help Jaylesya because she walks six miles to work every day regardless of the temperature, rain or shine, stands on her feet during her entire shift and walks six miles under the same conditions back to her home — and that is truly admirable. I’ve had the opportunity to get to know her and wanted somehow to lessen her burden of that 12-mile walk.”

Bass went to his local Walmart and talked to the store’s management, and they came up with the perfect way to help Corbett. They ended up donating a brand new Schwinn Fairhaven Women’s Cruiser Bike to her so that she won’t have to walk!

When Bass called Corbett to say that he wanted to meet her, she was worried she might be in trouble.

“I was shocked,” she said. “I didn’t think it was real.”

It turned out to be very real indeed! Find out more about this in the video below!