# WATCH: Phoenix bank employees rescue food vendor during severe Arizona storm in viral video

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/watch-phoenix-bank-employees-rescue-food-vendor-during-severe-arizona-storm-in-viral-video/
- Published: 2026-10-30T00:56:58+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T01:34:50+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/us/watch-phoenix-bank-employees-rescue-food-vendor-severe-arizona-storm-viral-video
- Topics: Art, Culture, Food, Trending, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- Phoenix bank staff brought a vendor and his cart inside during a storm.
- The viral video passed one million TikTok views.
- The vendor returned to work and said business was booming.

## Summary

Employees at a PNC Bank branch in Phoenix pulled food vendor Hilario Cruz Cruz and his cart inside as strong winds and hail swept through the area. The rescue, filmed by someone inside the bank, went viral and highlighted the long-standing relationship between the vendor and his customers.

Cruz Cruz said bank employees had bought food from his cart for years, and he believes that connection prompted them to help. The video has received more than one million TikTok views and hundreds of thousands of likes; a week after the storm, he was back selling elotes and fresh fruit on Peoria Avenue, with business booming.

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