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A pair of common safety guards on the Union Sq. subway station received a shout-out on social media after a video of their heartwarming response to seeing a commuter after her two-day absence went viral.
“Derrick and Danny, make my day each single morning. And I haven’t been there the previous two mornings, let’s see how they react,” Dana Pleasure Seigelstein stated within the clip, which garnered over 100,000 views on the Instagram deal with New Yorkers.
Seigelstein captures the second Danny Perez and Derrick Blocker spot her — and so they’re each beaming, with Derrick dancing and shouting, “She’s right here!” and Danny giving her the quintessential excited New York greeting of “Yoooo!”
“That’s sometimes how I’m greeted, however to have it on digicam was spectacular,” Seigelstein, 27, informed The Put up.
Seigelstein, who lives within the East Village, makes use of the Union Sq. subway station to get to the Midtown workplace of SiriusXM, the place she works as an account govt.
She met the duo, who’re employed by Allied Common and stand on the 14th Road and 4th Avenue entrance, six months in the past, and so they turned quick buddies.
“They’re the sunshine of my life,” Seigelstein gushed.
“We’re in a bunch chat known as the Triple Ds [for Dana, Danny and Derrick]. We textual content about actually something, like what they’re consuming for lunch. If I’m not there someday, they’ll examine in on me. If I’m operating late, I’ll textual content them.”
Her video happened after she determined to stroll to work for 2 days straight as a result of good climate.
“It’s like a catch-22 as a result of I like strolling to work however then I don’t get to see them,” she stated. “I used to be like, ‘I simply really feel like they’re gonna have an excellent response, let me simply report it.’”
The Westfield, NJ native stated the pair — who get up at 3:30 each morning for his or her 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. shift — are “like celebrities” on the station and at all times make it some extent to greet commuters and want them an excellent day.
“Even when they’re drained, they’re nonetheless bringing it. It’s actually spectacular,” she stated.
Seigelstein will not be alone in her appreciation for Blocker, a Harlem native who was raised within the Bronx, and Perez, a local of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
“They helped me discover my favourite sweater as soon as. I’ll always remember them,” one commenter stated.
“On daily basis I’m going to work with their positivity,” one other added.
The shared adoration didn’t shock Seigelstein.
“Once I’m speaking to them, tons of persons are simply passing, saying, ‘Morning Derrick’ ‘Morning Danny.’”
Even those that don’t know the boys commented that the “healthful” video illustrates that “not everyone seems to be a grumpy New Yorker.”
“That is the New York that natives know and love,” one wrote.
“The one the place individuals in your neighborhood know you and look out for one another.”
