Obviously we’re looking at a fairly serious car-motorcycle wreck. It concluded with the motorcyclist stuck under the car, as flames started. (Wrecked cars almost never blow up like in the movies.) In response, passing drivers – random passers-by – stopped their cars, jumped out, and lifted the car so he could get out.

And so again, humans help each other when they can see the need clearly. There’s a memorable comment from Fred Rogers (the TV Mister Rogers) on this subject:

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”

You can always find people helping, and they are the people we should pay attention to.

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Before heading back to the mundane, please remember a time you jumped in to help someone, or at least imagine yourself doing so. These things matter, whether they be large or small. Spend a few minutes with this.