Co-workers surprise refinery security guard with an SUV for Christmas after realizing he rode a used bike with a flashlight taped to it to work

  • Security guard Adrian Alcorn was surprised with a Toyota Rav 4 for Christmas
  • He had been riding a used bike to work at Valero Texas City Refinery this year
  • Alcorn found the bike after his car broke down and he couldn't afford to repair it 
  • Co-workers at the refinery chipped in to surprise him with the SUV on Thursday 

By Emily Crane For Dailymail.com

Published: 10:24 EST, 23 December 2016 | Updated: 14:11 EST, 23 December 2016

A Texas refinery security guard has spent most of the year riding to work on a used bicycle after his car broke down and he couldn't afford to repair it.

Adrian Alcorn duct taped a flashlight to the bike's handlebars so he could navigate his way down a highway in the dark next to tank trucks on his way to the Valero Texas City Refinery.

Regardless of the rain or heat, Alcorn was never once late to work.

Security guard Adrian Alcorn was given a Toyota SUV for Christmas by his co-workers at the Valero Texas City Refinery after he spent most of the year riding to work on a used bicycle

'I got scared a lot, and just prayed God would get me there safe,' Alcorn told ABC13. 

Some of the workers who Alcorn checks in every day at the refinery's gate noticed the rundown bike next to the guard building.

So they decided to chip in and help by Alcorn an SUV for Christmas.

It took just a few days for employees at the refinery's coke unit to raise $3,000.

They surprised Alcorn with the Toyota Rav 4 at 4am on Thursday when he arrived for work.

It took just a few days for Alcorn's co-workers at the Valero Texas City Refinery to raise $3,000 to buy him the Toyota Rav 4

Alcorn had duct taped a flashlight to the bike's handlebars so he could navigate his way to work down a highway in the dark. His car had broken down and he couldn't afford to repair it

A group of employees were filmed leading Alcorn to the car and handing him the keys.

'We see how you get to and from work, and you're always here and on time,' one of the workers could be heard saying. 

A clearly stunned Alcorn said 'No, man' when he was handed the keys.    

He later told ABC13: 'I guess I have more friends than I know. I believed I was going to get a blessing one day.'

His co-workers surprised Alcorn with the Toyota Rav 4 at 4am on Thursday when he arrived for work at the refinery

A group of employees were filmed leading Alcorn to the car and handing him the keys

He spent most of the year riding to work on a used bicycle after his car (pictured) broke down and he couldn't afford to repair it

 

 

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