A very thoughtful read from one of Canada's best writers.
"A woman named Wong Shuk Yee was struck by a car on Wednesday,
somewhere in the northwest suburbs of Calgary. The driver of this car
did not stop. The woman’s body became an obstacle to traffic, & two
more cars had to swerve to avoid her. Neither stopped. A fourth car
struck her again, dragging her (still living) body a short distance
before it became detached; & that driver, too, sped on."
"Another woman, named Tonja Beach — mother of four — was drinking her
morning coffee at a kitchen table by a window to this scene. She heard
the thumps, then looked out. She, alone, ran to the stricken woman’s
aid. She found Wong Shuk Yee still alive, & conscious, but with
ghastly injuries that could not be survived. She held the woman’s hand
to comfort her, as she lay dying."
"While she was doing so, innumerable other cars passed, without
stopping, including several turning into a nearby daycare to drop off
kids."
My motto: Be the person who does something.
