Vancouver airport taser tragedy
There's just no excuse or real explanation for what happened to a Polish immigrant who was killed by a taser at Vancouver airport last year while he waited for his mother to meet up with him. A collective of individuals left a confused, non-English speaking man alone to fend for himself.
Columnist Gary Mason makes a great effort to put it in context in today's Globe & Mail.
Part of this tragedy is learning how preventable it was
Mr. Mason believes any one of us in this day and age would have dropped the ball and left helping Mr. Cisowski to someone else. I agree, for the most part. I witness this kind of me-first-last-and-only attitude daily on transit and the streets of Toronto. But I like to think there are some folks out there who believe it's important to leave their own needs aside for a moment to help someone else.
Why is doing the right thing so often trumped by doing your own thing?
CarlaMaria
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