Onlookers failed to help drowning man ‘and took selfies’ after he fell into deep river in Yorkshire

by tylerthe-theatre

10 comments

  1. That tells us a lot about the sad state of our society. Thank goodness he was saved and is recovering.

  2. That is awful and so horrible, but when we’ve been told time and time again not to “put our selves in danger” how do you expect people to help someone drowning?!

    The police times are shocking, and response times are awful.
    You can’t expect the average citizen to be a hero and step up, everyone is scared of everyone else. This country has done a good job scare mongering people into believing that everyone is dangerous and has “bad intentions”

    I agree with the selfie thing, that is gross and they should’ve called the police. But we can’t expect the average citizen to be a hero, then we could be dealing with one or more bodies.

  3. Why do some folk feel the need to photograph or film people in distress?

    This for example, when you see an accident on the road you can be sure you’ll see so many people passing it and filming or taking photos.

    Genuinely I can’t get into the mind of these people to even begin to understand at all. Are their lives so dull they need to post something out of the ordinary to seem somewhat interesting or is it just a keepsake for themselves?

    Nobody is expecting folk to jump into the water after the guy but taking a selfie? Fuck me some people are creeps.

    Used to laugh at how crazy GTA NPCs were but rockstar seemed to hit the nail on the head there as were now amongst them on a daily basis It seems.

  4. This has been this way for years. Lee Rigby incident comes to mind where people would rather film what was going on than do anything about it.

  6. Are we sure the selfies are connected to the drowning or was someone who was unaware happening to take selfies at the time because this seems like an easy way to get a clickbait title

  7. As opposed to people pointing and yelling before smartphones.

  8. Fucking disgusting. Imagine witnessing a man struggle in the water and your first course of action is “Hey this’ll look mental on my snap story let’s take a selfie while this poor bloke drowns instead of chucking him a life ring” stupid pricks

  9. Sounds about right, my poor dad came off his bike a few years back and the fuel bought fire/set his clothes on fire (seriously guys wear full gear, it’s the reason he got away with just a shattered wrist). And what traumatised him were the kids filming him while he was on fire

  10. So if people are doing this, instead of just bemoaning their lack of humanity, make them famous or rather infamous. Those pictures should be enough to convict them of manslaughter. I’m sure other people would like to know who they are, certainly their families, partners, their work and should they run for office, future voters.

    We don’t have to accept cruelty. Cruelty and indifference is not normal or healthy.

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