Stabbed hero dies as more than 20 people stroll past him

New York Post ^ | April 25, 2010 | By IKIMULISA LIVINGSTON, JOHN DOYLE and DAN MANGAN

[ETL]

A heroic homeless man, stabbed after saving a Queens woman from a knife-wielding attacker, lay dying in a pool of blood for more than an hour as nearly 25 people indifferently strolled past him, a shocking surveillance video obtained by The Post reveals.

Some of the passers-by paused to stare at Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax last Sunday morning and others leaned down to look at his face.

He had jumped to the aid of a woman attacked on 144th Street at 88th Road in Jamaica at 5:40 a.m., was stabbed several times in the chest and collapsed as he chased his assailant. ..."

[Ditter]

The homeless man was obviously NOT a NYer.

[bikerman]

You will also see 10s of 1000s of selfish, uncaring, unobservant people doing little to assist other people in need

Maybe these people are afraid of being attacked or stabbed or sued by some low life lawyer for trying to help. I myself having lived in long island and been to the city have seen many drunks,homeless, druggies,etc Call me selfish or uncaring but many have put themselves in this position. there is help out there but its up to them not me. Growing up I never thought about carrying or owning a fire arm but I now go nowhere without one.

[ETL]

For the record, “You will also see 10s of 1000s of selfish, uncaring, unobservant people doing little to assist other people in need” is what I wrote. It was neither in quotes or italicized.

Anyway, my point was that if they are unwilling to do the simplest of things, such as telling someone their headlights are off on a dark night in pedestrian-packed Manhattan, they (most people in NYC) certainly aren’t going to do anything more involving and potentially dangerous (to themselves).

[bikerman]

their headlights are off

I have signaled to people about their lights only to be ignored because they are to busy yakking on the phone or texting not caring about there fellow man.