Cuban athlete Dailenys Pacheco, a participant in the jumping events at the Pan Am Games, is seen with Toronto cabbie John Strickland after he returned Ms. Pacheco’s wallet which had been left in his taxi. The woman had picked up the cab outside the Gerrard Square Walmart and proceeded to her Pan Am Games home in the Athletes Village at the foot of Bayview Ave. As told by Toronto police, Ms. Pacheco paid her fare, gathered up her belongings and went on her way. But she had overlooked her wallet. It was loaded with her identification and a “significant sum of cash”. The upset Ms. Pacheco approached nearby police at the village but just as the story was being relayed from Spanish to English, Mr. Strickland arrived back at the village having discovered the wallet in his car. He is an independent cab driver who has been working in Toronto for more than 35 years. To quote Detective Sergeant Ian McArthur, one of the investigating officers, “Mr. Strickland deserves a gold medal for his honesty. He is a true ambassador of our city”.
