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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts) Tue Dec 15, 2015, 05:22 PM Dec 2015

All but one BART rider ignore unconscious man [View all]

What would you do? A man named John posted this picture on his Facebook page with this caption:

"This was my morning: an unconscious man lies on the floor of a packed BART train while dozens of commuters ignore him. This in the wealthiest city in the wealthiest country in the world. WTF has happened to us?"

John says he waited for a few minutes to see if anyone was going to help the man. No one did.
So John checked on him:

"And as soon as I went over to see if he was OK (he wasn't), I suddenly became invisible to the crowd. I had to get uncomfortably loud before someone by the intercom called the conductor."

BART ended up holding the train at the station.
John says:

"The BART people were very kind. He was barely conscious and incoherent. He managed to get up with help. But couldn't walk off the train by himself. The BART folks said they were taking him to get medical attention."

http://m.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Somerville-Could-you-ignore-this-BART-rider-in-6699594.php

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All but one BART rider ignore unconscious man [View all] Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 OP

"BART ended up holding the train at the station." KamaAina Dec 2015 #1

If I don't get to my station on time, I won't be able to get my Starbucks JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #12

That's about the size of it KamaAina Dec 2015 #14

Peet's? No way! zigby Dec 2015 #17

WTF happened to us is right Omaha Steve Dec 2015 #2

Xposted to California group KamaAina Dec 2015 #3

I see people passed out on BART literally every morning, though not on the floor of the train. arcane1 Dec 2015 #4

Exactly... TipTok Dec 2015 #9

Same in NYC. It�s actually an act of mercy to allow the homeless to sleep on the train lindysalsagal Dec 2015 #22

This isn't a new phenomenon Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #5

The "Genovese Syndrome" has been refuted REP Dec 2015 #11

Guess I'll have to start referencing another example of the bystander effect. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #19

What would I do? closeupready Dec 2015 #6

The people thought, "if I help the guy, it will make us late for our cool (or uncool actually) jobs" winstars Dec 2015 #7

One of my employees was on a train this summer when a woman jumped on the tracks. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2015 #23

drunk guy passed out on a commuter train ? GreatGazoo Dec 2015 #8

Gotta have something to blog... TipTok Dec 2015 #10

ouch! Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 #13

Seriously. Many people seem to think that being a cameraman and a critic equals helping GreatGazoo Dec 2015 #18

Depends on how you're built and what you can do... TipTok Dec 2015 #20

yes. for the guy on the train, if one is so inclined, step one is get close enough to smell for GreatGazoo Dec 2015 #21

Different strokes for different folks... TipTok Dec 2015 #24

Why are you trying to interrupt his twitter traffic? Prism Dec 2015 #16

Homeless people rest on BART all the time Prism Dec 2015 #15