Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Acts of Altruism in the NY Subway system

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/26/nyregion/26train.html?ref=nyregion

As mentioned in class by a fellow student, this article shows various examples of altruistic acts being done by members of society for people who find themselves in trouble on the subway tracks. The article presents 3 examples of strangers helping other strangers who are in danger. Furthermore, it also shows that while there was one "hero" who saved these peoples' lives, people on the sidelines weren't exhibiting the bystander effect as they were doing things like trying to get the conductor's attention to stop the train and alerting the station agent about the situation.

Zainab M. Deen
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