Bystander

Last year I witnessed an accident while driving to a morning football practice. I didn't stop to offer help even though I'm certified in CPR because I saw that other cars had stopped and I was running late. Later that night on the local news, I saw that one of the men had died. I'm not sure that if I had stopped it would have made the outcome different, but I wish I could go back and try.

I can't think of a specific time I wish a bystander had stepped in and helped me, but I do know that I wish it had happened a few times during middle school and my freshman year in high school.

I believe that college students don't step in to risky situations is because they're afraid of what will happen if they do. They don't want to be considered the "designated cock-block" or be that person who starts the drama at parties. If they saw someone out on the south oval in trouble, they might not interfere because they don't want to cause problems for themselves.

I've been raised to help those who need it. It's an alien concept to me to not help those in need. I've tried to understand it, but I can't. I don't pass judgment or anything like that. I just don't get it.