Imagine yourself walking down the street, minding your own business, on your way home from a long day at work. It’s getting dark and someone in your peripheral vision stumbles down some stairs they didn’t see.
The sidewalk and the street nearby is full of traffic. There’s plenty of other people to help out, right? Someone else will stop to see if that person is OK, right?
A person stumbling on two or three stairs isn’t that serious of a situation, but having the mentality that someone else nearby will help could lead to that person not getting help in a dire moment.
“The bystander mentality can be avoided by just taking the risk and stepping in,” said Tech. Sgt. Lenny Mejia, 693rd Intelligence Support Squadron cyber systems operations technician. “Don’t worry about the feelings of discomfort or embarrassment and just do it.”
Mejia was one of several individuals who came to someone’s aid when they were riding a bicycle near the Belgian Support Unit and fell.
“I noticed a cyclist who was about to traverse the steps of a walking path that’s across the parking lot of the Belgian bar,” Mejia said. “I saw the cyclist was about to experience a bad fall and then saw he was no longer on the walking path. I quickly turned the vehicle around and saw if I could help.”
Two others who were driving also stopped to give aid. The women stayed with the bicyclist while Mejia ran to call an ambulance.
“He had two big road rashes with bleeding at the top left of his forehead and cheek,” Mejia said. “If not for his helmet the injuries sustained would have been immediately life threatening. His fall was hard enough that his front tire was bent and elliptical in shape.”
“The ambulance arrived in a few minutes,” said Airman 1st Class Ryan Dulude, 24th Intelligence Squadron signals analyst. “I saw the accident while walking home from work and came over to see what I could do. The medical personnel had me help move the individual into the ambulance.”
Without the individuals who stopped to help, the cyclist might have been left to get help on his own, Mejia said.
“It’s important to stop and offer help if you see something happen,” Dulude said. “People should take the time and assist if they’re needed. What would you do if you were hurt but no one stopped to help you?”
The cyclist was treated by medical technicians and released from care shortly after arriving at the hospital.
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Imagine yourself walking down the street, minding your own business, on your way home from a long day at work. It’s getting dark and someone in your peripheral vision stumbles down some stairs they didn’t see.
The sidewalk and the street nearby is full of traffic. There’s plenty of other people to help out, right? Someone else will stop to see if that person is OK, right?
A person stumbling on two or three stairs isn’t that serious of a situation, but having the mentality that someone else nearby will help could lead to that person not getting help in a dire moment.
“The bystander mentality can be avoided by just taking the risk and stepping in,” said Tech. Sgt. Lenny Mejia, 693rd Intelligence Support Squadron cyber systems operations technician. “Don’t worry about the feelings of discomfort or embarrassment and just do it.”
Mejia was one of several individuals who came to someone’s aid when they were riding a bicycle near the Belgian Support Unit and fell.
“I noticed a cyclist who was about to traverse the steps of a walking path that’s across the parking lot of the Belgian bar,” Mejia said. “I saw the cyclist was about to experience a bad fall and then saw he was no longer on the walking path. I quickly turned the vehicle around and saw if I could help.”
Two others who were driving also stopped to give aid. The women stayed with the bicyclist while Mejia ran to call an ambulance.
“He had two big road rashes with bleeding at the top left of his forehead and cheek,” Mejia said. “If not for his helmet the injuries sustained would have been immediately life threatening. His fall was hard enough that his front tire was bent and elliptical in shape.”
“The ambulance arrived in a few minutes,” said Airman 1st Class Ryan Dulude, 24th Intelligence Squadron signals analyst. “I saw the accident while walking home from work and came over to see what I could do. The medical personnel had me help move the individual into the ambulance.”
Without the individuals who stopped to help, the cyclist might have been left to get help on his own, Mejia said.
“It’s important to stop and offer help if you see something happen,” Dulude said. “People should take the time and assist if they’re needed. What would you do if you were hurt but no one stopped to help you?”
The cyclist was treated by medical technicians and released from care shortly after arriving at the hospital.