CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
GOOD SAMARITANISM
IN CHINA
AND
IN CALUMET, PENNSYLVANIA
What can a fifty-seven year old trash collector in China and a forty-two year old woman in Calumet, Pennsylvania have in common?
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On October 16, 2011, More than a dozen pedestrians and motorists passed by as (two-year old) Wang Yue lay writing in pain…after she was hit by a van at a wholesale market in the southern city of Foshan in Guangdong province (China)…As Yue lay in the street, another van ran over her…More bystanders walked by…
A 57-year old trash collector eventually moved Yue to safety. The trash collector pleaded with passers-by to no avail until the girl’s mother arrived and called an ambulance.*
Two-year old girl watching trains
Yue died early Friday, October 21, 2011.***
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On the evening of June 1, 2010, Stacey Feiling was driving through Calumet, Pennsylvania (not far from my community), when her car was flagged down by a stranger, Janet Piper. When she stopped to help, Janet’s husband, Raymond Piper, opened Stacey’s car door and (more…)
CAROLYN'S COMPOSITIONS
Good Samaritanism in China and in Calumet, Pa.
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CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
GOOD SAMARITANISM
IN CHINA
AND
IN CALUMET, PENNSYLVANIA
What can a fifty-seven year old trash collector in China and a forty-two year old woman in Calumet, Pennsylvania have in common?
~~~~~~~~~~~~
On October 16, 2011, More than a dozen pedestrians and motorists passed by as (two-year old) Wang Yue lay writing in pain…after she was hit by a van at a wholesale market in the southern city of Foshan in Guangdong province (China)…As Yue lay in the street, another van ran over her…More bystanders walked by…
A 57-year old trash collector eventually moved Yue to safety. The trash collector pleaded with passers-by to no avail until the girl’s mother arrived and called an ambulance.*
Two-year old girl watching trains
Yue died early Friday, October 21, 2011.***
~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the evening of June 1, 2010, Stacey Feiling was driving through Calumet, Pennsylvania (not far from my community), when her car was flagged down by a stranger, Janet Piper. When she stopped to help, Janet’s husband, Raymond Piper, opened Stacey’s car door and (more…)