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NYC stabbing victim's cries for help IGNORED

news.yahoo.com — Investigators say neighbors waited more than a half hour to call police after hearing a woman's screams for help as she was being stabbed to death at a New York City apartment.Witnesses say neighbors ignored the woman's screams for more than 30 minutes before someone called the police

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  • ScottMcIntyre, on 08/25/2008, -0/+5This is a similar story as the one which happened to Kitty Genovese in1964 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Genovese). Bystanders all thought that someone else was calling the police meaning - in reality - no one did.
  • Michaelabehsera, on 08/25/2008, -0/+3That is NY for you, when I lived there I saw in the news couple of similar news like this one, its really crazy.
  • MoneyTutor, on 08/25/2008, -0/+3Unfortunately this type of reaction doesn't just happen in NYC.
  • Mish69, on 08/25/2008, -0/+4That is so sad, really.
  • Nathrat, on 08/25/2008, -0/+3That's why you yell, "Fire" ...or "Free bags of Money!!!"
  • RaspberryTang, on 08/26/2008, -0/+3The phrase "Only in New York" comes to mind
  • prefixmag, on 08/26/2008, -0/+3This is terrible obviously, but I do think NYC gets a bad rap. Awful things like this do happen in NYC, but there are also people doing good things that go unnoticed.
  • paiute8, on 08/26/2008, -0/+2Where the Good samaritans in America?
    • ozymandias2012, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1I think most of society has adopted a "save yourself" mentality at this point.
  • IvenomI, on 08/26/2008, -0/+2It's a Psych term called the "Diffusion of Responsibility."

    Anyone ever take a psychology 101 course?
  • lostmyleggins, on 08/26/2008, -0/+3this is why you must be ready to protect yourself, the police will not be with you when someone attacks you, if your lucky someone might call them but you are on your own until they get there.
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