Carmen England from Peru Many years ago, my father told me a real and dangerous story about helping a stranger who was seriously injured after being hit by a car. Early in the morning he was going to work. He was in a hurry because that day he had an important appointment. Suddenly, he saw a man lying in the street who was bleeding. My father's first impression was that the man was dead; however, he didn't hesitate to help him. My father couldn't believe the people's apathy towards this terrible scene. No one was helping the man at all. Some people were passing by in their cars to glance at him and then driving on. My father thought that this kind of indifference between humans is completely awful and unacceptable. Of course, my father took him to the nearest hospital. He was afraid that the stranger could die because he was losing so much blood. The incredible situation happened when my father tried to go back to work. The police stopped him and said he could not leave the hospital until the man woke up. The police thought that my father had hit him in the street. My father was annoyed by that, but he couldn't do anything. He prayed that the stranger would recover as soon as possible. My father was worried about the man. He was trying to help and be kind and human. On the other hand, he was also worried about himself. If the stranger did not survive, my father would be charged with murder. He was feeling very nervous and stressed because he didn't know what was going to happen to the stranger. Fortunately, the stranger woke up and talked to the police, and my father was released and no longer considered a suspect. He left the hospital feeling very strange. He felt happy because he had saved a human being, but at the same time he felt stressed because if the stranger had died, he would have been in big trouble.
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