04.05Care
Today as I was walking down the street I found a old woman lying on the side of the pavement, with her face turned to the side and blood coming from her head onto the pavement.
So I stopped to take a look, as other people were doing, but it seemed as if I was the first to stop to look, I have no idea what happened before this - was she hit by a car or a person hit her, I don’t know. She looked innocent lying on the ground, like a baby would, her eyes open she appeared aware, but helpless, I guess unable to move.
I immediately asked the shop owner nearby if he had called the police, ambulance, he said he had. I thought of doing something to help her, but then remembered two things, one is that you shouldn’t move someone who might have neck trauma. The other is getting involved can cause legal problems, but I wasn’t all that worried about that, the pull of responsibility to care is higher.
So people gathered around, I decided I can’t really do anything to help her as far as I know, so walked slowly away and turned back now and then. I saw the ambulance coming to her in the distance, so went to the coffee shop and sat and drank my coffee. (It just occurs to me that if I was a witness to the event I should wait around to tell police what happened, but I don’t know what happened).
Maybe that was the end of her life, she seemed so innocent to me lying there, the poor old women, I hope she had someone to care for her, I wish everyone had someone to care for them always. It will be me like that someday, hopefully more peacefully.
