Posted on 12/29/2007 10:57:39 AM PST by Kid Shelleen
The anguished brother of a teen who died trying to save two buddies from a tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo struggled Friday to understand why the survivors ran out on their mortally injured friend.
"If he stepped in for you, why did you leave him to die?" asked 17-year-old Carlos Sousa's brother, Leo, 21.
He said his family has been looking for answers since the 350-pound tiger got loose on Christmas and mauled Carlos.
By all accounts, the youth was killed trying to get the big cat away from brothers Kulbir Dhaliwal, 23, and Amritpal, 19.
But Leo Sousa said his family's calls to the Dhaliwal family have gone unanswered.
The brothers, who aren't saying much to investigators, could be released from San Francisco General Hospital today
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Maybe this parable will help him understand:
Two friends were strolling down a jungle trail when suddenly they looked up and saw a tiger on the trail coming at them in full attack. One of the men bent over to tightly lace his shoes and the other asked him, Why are you doing that? Dont you know you cant outrun a tiger? With a knowing smile, his friend replied, I dont have to outrun the tiger; all I have to do is outrun you.
“I’ll criticize actions that took place before the attack “
Precisely.
What did they do that potentially harrassed and angered the tiger prior to him jumping the wall, which may have provoked the attack? If they didn’t do anything, why did they refused to tell investigators what happened?
The investigators found a footprint on the wall and one TV news also mentioned that they also found blood in the area separating the tiger’s area and the public area, where people were not allowed to go. What were they doing there? Did they wound the tiger first?
Note the tiger didn’t attack the first bystander next to his area when he escaped, he went after these three guys.
Survivors guilt is very common.
They have nothing to be ashamed of. A 165 pound human is no match for a 400 pound tiger.
Please! These schmucks are walking evidence for liberals that people shouldn't be allowed to carry guns.
They taunted the animal, and the was no liberal judge in the way to suspend their sentence or review their difficult backgrounds.
ML/NJ
First of all, I’m not convinced that if I saw a 350-pound tiger eating someone, I wouldn’t run like hell, too. Sometimes, there is really no sense in intervening. And secondly, I’m not at all convinced that Carlos sacrificed his life for his friends. Sorry, but this whole story stinks. And since minorities are involved in a PC state, I doubt we’ll ever know the full truth.
Sounds to me like they don’t want to ruin any chances of their juicy lawsuit by revealing that they were teasing, taunting and throwing things at the tiger after hours.
Maybe they threw Carlos to the tiger?
They are from India, you moron.
And I would advise my son to run like hell instead of taking on a 400 pound tiger.
There was a time that no one would say it was ok to leave a friend who was in danger of being killed, even if the odds were greatly against you. Certainly people still did run away from danger and leave a friend to his fate, but they were called cowards. Times have changed. Perhaps not for the better.
susie
Police and zoo officials recanted.
They now say there was NO shoe found inside the enclosure.
Will Larry King book them?
“Throwing Carlos to the Tiger” You may be on to something there. This whole thing stinks like day old fish in the sun!
They refused to even give the name of Carlos or their own - refused to cooperate with the police. This, along with other info implies they were guilty of a criminal act.
I have no sympathy for the brothers.
Here’s a random thought. Let’s tie Khalbir Dhawali to a tree and coat his body in Catnip! Then let Kitty loose!
Maybe the next time a tiger gets lose they can call you and you can handle it with a switch.
The source said neither brother showed much concern for Carlos.
“They were more concerned with their car in the parking lot and that it would be okay,”
Here’s Carlos’ original MySpace page. It’s been replaced by a “Memorial” version.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=44515158
I viewed many of his “friends” - Gangstaz all
I am sure there are many soldiers who saw their friends being killed but could not help at the time.
Running into 50 calibre machine gun fire armed with only your pocket knife screaming, “Leave my friend alone” may be considered brave. But it would also be very stupid.
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