A true hero for sure.
To borrow from a movie about a bomb on a bus:
He’s got some big, hairy ones!
He reacted instintively, heroicaly and correctly while in a state of shock. Good instincts, I’d say. This is a good man.
I say this because when he could do no more he wandered off in the wrong direction and didn’t seek help until he had walked for miles. Seems like shock to me.
Stin, that was my impression exactly. The man was in complete shock yet his inner wiring told him to help his passengers. That is character.