Article: Bystanders Who Lend a Hand

Regarding the July 16 Style article "The Impassive Bystander":

I'm happy to report that in Silver Spring compassion is alive and well. My almost-90-year-old mother-in-law, Ruth, has fallen several times in the last couple of years.

Each time, concerned bystanders -- of all races and ethnicities, I might add -- rushed to help her.

On a windy day, when a gust knocked Ruth to the ground, a woman on a Metrobus persuaded the driver to stop and wait while she hurried off the bus and helped my mother-in-law get to her feet and made sure that she was okay.

When my mother-in-law stumbled on a curb on Colesville Road, several people went to her assistance, including one who crossed the ...

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