nobody helps dying man

[bagrat]

i just saw this video, supposedly a homeless man went to help of a woman getting mugged and in return gets stabbed. Pedestrian's then walk by as the man bleeds out without helping  or calling 911.

iPhone oughta make an app that makes calling 911 easier than it is, because apparently it's too much trouble now.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80973410/

[greens]

people nowadays poor feller may god rest his soul and pain the guy who stabbed him for rest of eternity. <S> to his family and his soul

[Ripsnort]

New York has always been that way. No witnesses to nothing. studmuffingetaboutit.

[redwing7]

That just makes me want to squealing puke.  and people wonder whats wrong with the world today. No way for a good man to die. May he rest in piece.

It reminds me years ago while taking concealed weapons class our instructor told us that if we were witness to a violent crime we were obligated to intervene. One classmate said why should he do anything, he wasn't a police officer. The instructor told him that if he was the type of person that had the power to stop a violent crime and chose not to, then he should not be carrying a weapon to begin with and he could gather his things and leave the class. This is exactly how I feel.

[Jayhawk]

The Bystander Effect: Diffusion of Responsibility

People will not help another person because they assume someone else already has or already will.  More often than not if someone was alone and ran across this person lying in a room by them self, they would run over to them immediately. 

You see this quite often in large cities, I don't know if that has to do with the people constantly being surrounded by other people or just the amount of cameras able to catch the instances.

[ImADot]

Along with apathy, I would guess one other big factor in people not helping someone is the chance the "victim" (or their family) could turn around an sue you for something you did (or failed to do) while trying to help.

[Jayhawk]

Along with apathy, I would guess one other big factor in people not helping someone is the chance the "victim" (or their family) could turn around an sue you for something you did (or failed to do) while trying to help.

They can't sue you for calling 911.

[ACE]

Wow, people these days won't even bother to take 10mins out of there time to sit there and help an innocent person.

Why would you take a picture of that with a cell phone thats pretty stupid itself?

[Spikes]

I saw that. How sad.

[uptown]

I would think the woman he helped out could have at least returned the favor. She should be locked up imo.

[RipChord929]

Personally, normally, I would dial 911 first, reach down and feel for a pulse at his corotid/jugular, if still alive I'd see if he was awake and responding... Would stay until the police/paramedics arrive.. Thats where I would stop.. If he required actual first aid, I honestly wouldn't do it... Because I wouldn't be willing to get his blood on me.. This risk is too great, for a person unknown to me!

As far as ppl walking by, and doing absolutely nothing? Many possible factors are listed here already, all perfectly true...
Take a hard look at the world around you, does it surprise you that things are this way?   It shouldn't!
Things are just not the way they used to be in days gone by.. I have modified my own behavior because of it, self preservation!
When I leave the small town where I have lived for 16yrs, I consider it all "indian country", and count on noone, only myself..
I never wanted it this way, somehow it just happened...    It's too late to go back to the way it was now..

Damn Shame, the guy deserved better!
  RC

[bagrat]

it is pretty bad, i kinda wonder what the women he saved did after this too. it was a failed attempt for the fact that the mugger got away and the good samaritan got stabbed, but at some point u would think the woman would have called the police to report what occured and where.

somebody said to me that in this day people are done caring for others, purely because in a world we act only to benefit ourselves and worrying about others (though a nice gesture) is a complete waste of time and effort.  it a sad idea but i suppose it is a reality

[Curlew]

 

To that man who had nothing and gave everything

 

[Mar]

Reality should not be sad. If people do not like today's reality then why the Hell don't they try changing it instead of sitting on their tulips watching the few who do try get shot down in flames?

That man should have gotten more. He didn't get it because people today give up before they even start.

[skribetm]

To that man who had nothing and gave everything

 

  to that man. rip.