Superman Satire
Where is Superman?
Danielle Davis
Wilbur Wright College
On December 3rd, 2013 a man by the name of Ki-Suck Han was struck by a train in the late afternoon at the Time Square Substation. After having an altercation with Naeem Davis, a homeless man of the age of 30, Han was pushed down onto the tracks by Naeem Davis. Surrounded by several witnesses, Han seeing the oncoming train, pleaded for help and tried to lift himself off the tracks and back onto the platform. Instead of helping, those around him, instead stood there, pressed a few buttons on their phones (probably less than they would have in comparison of calling 911) and proceeded to record the incident before Han was impacted by the train. As Han’s struggled and pleaded …show more content…
Imagine yourself walking down a street, one you walk down daily to get to work or stop by your favorite burger joint, a highly busy street that never seems to sleep. However, all the sudden, right in front of you, you see a man start to stab a woman, most people can say they never experienced something like that. It’s hard to even imagine what that would be like, a safe place that you familiarize yourself with just became dangerous and it is most likely going to throw you off. However, based upon that confusion and things happening so fast, it is hard to make a logical decision and action. You start to feel like you are in a movie and in movies, there is typically a hero. Except no one seems to be helping because everyone else is waiting around for superman to come. In situations such as these, Superman was nowhere to be found and in result a tragic death occurred.
In conclusion, there are many reasons why people may not respond immediately to a traumatic event happening in front of them. In no means am I justifying someone recording the event with their phone but it is understandable when people just freeze or are confused, that’s just the way that some people respond to fight or flight. There are a lot of reasons why the bystander affect takes place. The best way to help stop it is by informing people and understanding that Superman isn’t
Danielle Davis
Wilbur Wright College
On December 3rd, 2013 a man by the name of Ki-Suck Han was struck by a train in the late afternoon at the Time Square Substation. After having an altercation with Naeem Davis, a homeless man of the age of 30, Han was pushed down onto the tracks by Naeem Davis. Surrounded by several witnesses, Han seeing the oncoming train, pleaded for help and tried to lift himself off the tracks and back onto the platform. Instead of helping, those around him, instead stood there, pressed a few buttons on their phones (probably less than they would have in comparison of calling 911) and proceeded to record the incident before Han was impacted by the train. As Han’s struggled and pleaded …show more content…
Imagine yourself walking down a street, one you walk down daily to get to work or stop by your favorite burger joint, a highly busy street that never seems to sleep. However, all the sudden, right in front of you, you see a man start to stab a woman, most people can say they never experienced something like that. It’s hard to even imagine what that would be like, a safe place that you familiarize yourself with just became dangerous and it is most likely going to throw you off. However, based upon that confusion and things happening so fast, it is hard to make a logical decision and action. You start to feel like you are in a movie and in movies, there is typically a hero. Except no one seems to be helping because everyone else is waiting around for superman to come. In situations such as these, Superman was nowhere to be found and in result a tragic death occurred.
In conclusion, there are many reasons why people may not respond immediately to a traumatic event happening in front of them. In no means am I justifying someone recording the event with their phone but it is understandable when people just freeze or are confused, that’s just the way that some people respond to fight or flight. There are a lot of reasons why the bystander affect takes place. The best way to help stop it is by informing people and understanding that Superman isn’t