Man Refuses To help Woman Caught In Storm, Her Two Sons Die As A Result

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(I've been selfish a time or two and it feels very bad. This man will pay, no matter what he might think or say as an excuse.)

“It’s unfortunate. She shouldn’t have been out though. You know, it’s one of those things,” he said. “I’m not a rescue worker … If I would have been outside, I would have been dead.” 

....some human beings to willfully ignore someone in obvious need of help due to diffusion of responsibility — played a pivotal role in her children’s death. It’s that little voice that says,“Why do I need to help; I’m sure someone else will.” Or, “All those people out there, I’m sure she’ll find help from someone; why me?”

Instead of “Why not me?” a man simply turned his back and two little boys are dead as a result.

He didn’t have to leave the comfort of his home. He didn’t have to lift a branch or build a bridge. He simply had to open his door to a woman and two small children in the middle of the most powerful storm ever to impact the Atlantic Coast  — and he couldn’t even be bothered to do that.