Today I saw a news video. It was from Connecticut of a man, I think they said he was 64 years old, who was hit by a small pick-up truck on a busy street. There were cars going by, there were people walking on the street. They simply had to see that man lying in the street, it was only a two lane street. All those people, and they just let that man lie there.
In fact, no one even called the police. Finally, a policeman who was going for another call came along and got help for the man, who was stillalive as of the news story.
It reminded me of falling down in EMporia, Kansas and no one coming to help.
Or the time a woman fell behind my backing truck, and no one calling to me, and no one rushing to help her. Luckily, I got aflash of a glimpse in my side view mirror of her tripping andslammed on my breaks. I got out of my car and asked if I'd hit herand asked her a few times if she was okay. I had not hit her, and she thanked me for checking on her.
But the kicker there is that there were several women standing a fewfeet away watching this whole thing. I saw them looking at her before she ever fell and they watched the whole thing, never checking her, never coming to help her get up.
My son fell on ice at a busy intersection and had blood running downhis face. He laid on the ice, stunned for a few moments, then gotup. NO ONE stopped to help.
I have a friend who fell down in NYC. She laid on the sidewalk withpeople walking around her, stepping over her. She was asking for help, please. She started to cry. Nobody helped her for a while.Finally someone came along and helped her get up.
What have we come to?
Now, in the town we're in now, Larry slipped and fell on ice in aparking lot and didn't even know anyone saw him. A man going bygot a glimpse of him falling and came back around in his truck to besure Larry was okay. That was good.
When i travel alone, I stay in populated areas. if I go solocamping, I never go into the wilderness. I mainly stay on well traveled roads when I'm alone. But you know, I have no illusions that I'd be automatically helped if something bad happened.
It's a weird life out there. It always shocks me to hear things like that or to experience them myself or to see them happen tosomeone else. Larry and I were brought up to help if we see someonewho needs it. I hope we brought up our children the same way.
But there are a lot of people who simply don't help anymore. And that incident of the older man being hit by a car and NO ONE helping is a chilling example of the world cooling off. Or at least our society.
People help me with doors when I use my cane or motorcycle (mobility scooter.) Would someone help me if I fell off my scooter?Why do we expect people to be charitable when they can't even help a struck and fallen man?
Off my soapbox.
Janet
In fact, no one even called the police. Finally, a policeman who was going for another call came along and got help for the man, who was stillalive as of the news story.
It reminded me of falling down in EMporia, Kansas and no one coming to help.
Or the time a woman fell behind my backing truck, and no one calling to me, and no one rushing to help her. Luckily, I got aflash of a glimpse in my side view mirror of her tripping andslammed on my breaks. I got out of my car and asked if I'd hit herand asked her a few times if she was okay. I had not hit her, and she thanked me for checking on her.
But the kicker there is that there were several women standing a fewfeet away watching this whole thing. I saw them looking at her before she ever fell and they watched the whole thing, never checking her, never coming to help her get up.
My son fell on ice at a busy intersection and had blood running downhis face. He laid on the ice, stunned for a few moments, then gotup. NO ONE stopped to help.
I have a friend who fell down in NYC. She laid on the sidewalk withpeople walking around her, stepping over her. She was asking for help, please. She started to cry. Nobody helped her for a while.Finally someone came along and helped her get up.
What have we come to?
Now, in the town we're in now, Larry slipped and fell on ice in aparking lot and didn't even know anyone saw him. A man going bygot a glimpse of him falling and came back around in his truck to besure Larry was okay. That was good.
When i travel alone, I stay in populated areas. if I go solocamping, I never go into the wilderness. I mainly stay on well traveled roads when I'm alone. But you know, I have no illusions that I'd be automatically helped if something bad happened.
It's a weird life out there. It always shocks me to hear things like that or to experience them myself or to see them happen tosomeone else. Larry and I were brought up to help if we see someonewho needs it. I hope we brought up our children the same way.
But there are a lot of people who simply don't help anymore. And that incident of the older man being hit by a car and NO ONE helping is a chilling example of the world cooling off. Or at least our society.
People help me with doors when I use my cane or motorcycle (mobility scooter.) Would someone help me if I fell off my scooter?Why do we expect people to be charitable when they can't even help a struck and fallen man?
Off my soapbox.
Janet
