Windsor man rescues girl lying on snowy street as others pass her by

[theHandpuppet]

5. Had a simliar experience about 3 months ago

I was driving home and saw what appeared to be a woman collapsed on the sidewalk at a crosswalk. There were plenty of people around on the street and in their yards, some sitting on porches next to the scene, and tweeners on scooters who stopped by the collapsed person just long enough to take a look and go on. I stopped my car in the middle of the street (turned on the flashers) and went to check on the person. Turns out it was a teenage girl walking home from H.S. who had collapsed from an epileptic seizure, her backpack and books scattered next to her. She was both stiff and seizing. I finally convinced one of the neighbors to stop yakking on her cellphone long enough to call 911. With the help of a local kid we located a nurse who lived nearby and she tended the girl until an ambulance arrived.
Don't know how long this poor kid had been laying there but I was so damn frustrated! There are a lot of homeless and addicts in the neighborhood and I guess no one wanted to get involved, as if they are any less deserving of compassion. Some admitted they saw the girl laying there but wouldn't say why they didn't check on her. A young couple right across the street from the whole scene were in their yard watching the whole time but hid behind a fence, as if the poor girl was Typhoid Mary.
What the hell is wrong with us?
Thank goodness the girl was okay after a short stay in the hospital.
While I'm at it, a short note to parents -- PLEASE make sure your child has your address and a contact number on them somewhere, even in their school backpack or whatever. We frantically went through the girl's backpack and books looking for some info so I could call her parents but there was nothing. If an emergency like this should happen to YOUR child, responders need to be able to reach you!
I've gone through several experiences like this over the years, so what folks will or won't do never surprises me any more.