What on earth is happening?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_dying_and_ignored

A homeless man died today in New York City.

That's great, RIP, move on.

No, hold it. There's more.

He died because he saved a stranger's life, sacrificing his own in the process.

How sad, how inspirational...that's great, RIP, move on.

Hold it, I'm not done yet.

He died because nobody had the heart to help him.

A couple starts to argue, It gets violent, homeless man intervenes to break it up, the husband turns the knife on homeless man and the three scatter afterward.

Homeless man collapses on the street from deep stab wounds to the chest and lays there unmoving for an hour. It's in the early morning, a good number of people pass by him on their way. Some of them stop, some of them stare, and all of them continue on their merry way without doing anything for him.

By the time someone finally feels like calling 9-1-1, too late. He's already dead. Martyred in the news without even asking to be.

No thanks to you fellow New Yorkers.

Say whatever you want...you didn't see him, you were too busy, you were late to work and couldn't help, whatever. But keep your excuses. I ask you this: if you saw him, sprawled out on the sidewalk in a strange way and unconscious, why did you ignore the part of your mind telling you that something was wrong? And even worse, if you're one of the people who stopped walking and stared at him, why did you continue without doing a darned thing? A 9-1-1 call takes only 3-4 minutes at the most. It's not a brainbusting thing to do and yet it could save an innocent life. 

A homeless person is not a leper. Maybe people didn't want to attract attention as the one person who stops and thinks and does something about an unconscious stranger on the street. Maybe they are wary of alcoholics and think he passed out from drinking too much. But the burning question is, whether the person is homeless, an alcoholic or a victim of stabbing, they need help. And they're people too, just like you lucky readers who have a home, are sober and are healthy. So, I ask you, NYC'ers who passed Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax this early morning: 

Why didn't you help him?