There Are No Words

I am nearly beyond words trying to express my sadness and anger while watching this footage of a 78-year-old man be run over by a car yesterday in Hartford, Connecticut and then basically ignored by everyone on the busy street around him. I cannot imagine how all of those people could stand by and watch him lying in the street bleeding and not one of them reach out to help or even call the police. I am simply stunned. I find myself unable to even write much about this because seeing it makes me feel as if I have been hit in the gut. Someone interviewed afterward said they were "uncomfortable" about helping the man because he was bleeding and unconscious. Is the world such an ignorant, cold, selfish, horrible place that this is an acceptable way to treat one another? A few days ago I passed a bird flopping around in the street and didn't stop to do anything to help. I felt bad about it for days. I hope each of those people who chose to stand around gawking instead of acting like humans feel the weight of their stupidity and selfishness every day for the rest of their lives.