[A.J.Armitage]

Let's see, live girl and busted reputation, or dead girl and busted reputation?

But to know those were the choices he'd've had to know the future.

[Billthedrill]

No, with all respect, he wouldn't. He would have had to face the possibility that he could be falsely accused and go to jail in favor of saving a child's life. Yes, it's a raw deal and "society" is to blame, yada yada, but the kid isn't.

I shall echo Calpernia - Real men do.