“I told my passengers not to worry and that I would be right back.” April 21, 2021 10:19 pm PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE)- The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) Board of Directors commended a driver Wednesday for helping a man who was going to jump off of a bridge. The situation happened on April 3, 2021, when Eldora “Ellie” Giblin stopped mid-route to talk to a man who seemed ready to jump off of the Henderson Bridge on the Providence-East Providence line. Ellie Giblin saw the man with one leg over the railing of the bridge. Giblin, a RIPTA Operator for nine years, said she was driving the Route 33 bus into East Providence just after 11 a.m. when she saw the man.