What would you do?

There are stories all the time in the paper of a person who is attacked/raped/harassed in public and no one does a thing. peaople walk by and pertend not to notice because it would take precious time out of their day to call the police. There's a movie to which i have forgotten the title where a woman is getting mugged in an alley and 7 people walk by until someone saves her.

for those theater people, in sweeney todd when judge turpin rapes lucy at the ball in front off all his guests.

more commonly, u will see a car on the side of the road or someone asking around for jumper cables and do u help them? no. in psychology, its known as the by-stander effect.

my mother did something today that no other average person would do. I am going to classes at a theater in the city and my mother comes to pick me up. she leaves extra early in case there is traffic and she was listening to the radio and heard that there was a gas leak on a street next to the theater. she called the theater to make sure they knew. they didnt. she then called the Department of Transportation to make sure they knew. they didnt.

the DOT didnt even know that there was a major gas leak. and my mother was the first to tell them. out of all the people traveling in the bustling city of atlanta. my mother told the freaking DOT and theater first.

im so proud of her, and am happy to have a mother that will do something. that will help people. i love you mommy.