http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...-umpire-helps-save-woman-on-pittsburgh-bridge
Here's hoping she was wrong about that. Pretty sure the lady wasn't talking about him remembering to recount the story at high-end cocktail parties for years to come. I'd like to see a follow-up article a year from now about how the people who stopped her on the bridge had visited her in the hospital, had invested the time to listen to why she was ready to go, had stayed in touch, and had put in the effort to successfully connected her to resources that addressed her problems and gave her a reason to be here. There's more to saving a life than just keeping someone breathing.
I seem to remember a folk belief, sometimes attributed to the Chinese, that once you save a person's life, you are the one with the debt, not them. You've acted to keep them here. You are now responsible to them for the rest of their life.
(I know this article is already posted in JWinslow's thread. I'm following my own advice, and keeping the argumentativeness out of there. )
Tumpane and the others held tight until emergency workers arrived and got the woman back over the railing. But Tumpane still didn't walk away.
"I went up to her, because, you know she said, 'You'll just forget me after this.' And I said, 'No, I'll never forget you.'"
Here's hoping she was wrong about that. Pretty sure the lady wasn't talking about him remembering to recount the story at high-end cocktail parties for years to come. I'd like to see a follow-up article a year from now about how the people who stopped her on the bridge had visited her in the hospital, had invested the time to listen to why she was ready to go, had stayed in touch, and had put in the effort to successfully connected her to resources that addressed her problems and gave her a reason to be here. There's more to saving a life than just keeping someone breathing.
I seem to remember a folk belief, sometimes attributed to the Chinese, that once you save a person's life, you are the one with the debt, not them. You've acted to keep them here. You are now responsible to them for the rest of their life.
(I know this article is already posted in JWinslow's thread. I'm following my own advice, and keeping the argumentativeness out of there. )