http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese
Sorry to say but like the Kitty Genovese rape, as then, even today most people will not assist to acry for help.
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Sanford,Fl / Different case, also no help and what was attempted was kept away by threat of a gun.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3036652/posts
“even today most people will not assist to acry for help”
I can’t remember where I learned this - but I tell my wife this all the time - if you are ever in trouble don’t yell for help - YELL FIRE!!
I think this was in a college pyche course - People will respond to a fire..