#trending: Medical officers stuck on highway ask for water, kind souls came with tea, juice, bread, nasi kandar...

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — A Malaysian driver whose lorry broke down in the middle of a highway in the Cheras district of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last Thursday (Sept 29) soon found himself overwhelmed by the kindness of his fellow countrymen.

Mr Faiq Haziq Rusli, an assistant medical officer, was delivering items from a hospital in Putrajaya, a neighbouring city, to a rehabilitation hospital in Cheras when his lorry broke down at 10.50am, Malaysian social news site World of Buzz reported last Friday.

As Mr Faiq and his colleague waited for the tow truck to arrive, they became hungry and thirsty. The pair tried to order drinks from delivery services, but were rejected because they were on a highway.

After close to two hours of no luck and no updates from the towing company, they turned to Facebook to call for help.

"Is there anyone who can COD (cash on delivery) water? I'll pay for it," Mr Faiq wrote in a Facebook group called "Cheras & Ampang Food Delivery".

"I'm stuck in the middle of the road and my lorry broke down."

With the post, he attached his phone number via WhatsApp and a photo of oncoming traffic.

The two medical officers' prayers were answered in less than an hour, as their first visitors dropped by with cold tea and orange juice — and the freebies did not stop there.

They had simply been hoping for some water and buns to stave off their thirst and hunger in the midday sun, Mr Faiq told World of Buzz. Instead, "about four to five motorcycles came by".

"Some gave us mineral water, some gave us tea and nasi kandar (rice with curries and side dishes).

"The nasi kandar was funny. It's not like we were going to sit in the middle of the road with cars going by to eat," he said, laughing.

The pair was stranded for about five hours until 4pm. Mr Faiq said that they had also received isotonic drink 100 Plus, crepes and bread from compassionate passers-by.

Twitter user "okedkama" later shared the incident in a tweet that went viral with Malaysian online users. It was retweeted 9,000 times and received 270 comments. Many people wanted to know where they could find Mr Faiq because they wanted to give him food and drink as well.

The Twitter user said that she was "really happy to see" so many people coming together to help the stranded officers.

Another online user agreed: "The spirit of brotherhood is strong (on this Facebook post)."

In an update on his Facebook post the next day, Mr Faiq said that he was "really very touched" by the help that they had received.

They received so many drinks that they had to share them with their other teammates. He said: "If we were to drink them ourselves, our stomachs would be bloated."

Though he and his colleague began to turn down offers of food and drink after 2pm, saying that they had received enough, strangers still insisted on giving various items to them and "did not want to take any money".

"Praise God, people of Malaysia are really kind and caring. The help that I received went beyond (my) expectations."