Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Where is the Humanity in Humankind Hiding?


When I think of all the superficial responsibilities that we are forced to assume daily, it takes stories like this to remind me that there are so many things wrong in our world that we overlook because of the grind. Having a lot of time on my hands leaves me exposed. I begin to question the sincerity of my friends, family, everyone. I didn't think that it would show but it does.

Do you think that it is possible to save the world?

The unimaginable things that plague mankind is supposed to have an equal number of wonderful things, like protons and electrons.

Why is the positive being over showed by the negative? Why doesn't the news equal out the terrible with some good and present them in reverse order? I truly, truly detest, abhor, loath selfishness and the more I am exposed to it, the more it changes me into a cynic. it's very little at a time but still relevant and disenchanting.

Mother Calls EMTs Who Ignored Her Dying Pregnant Daughter 'Inhuman'

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

The Brooklyn District Attorney's office is looking into the actions of two emergency medical technicians accused of refusing to help a pregnant woman who collapsed in the coffee shop where they were taking a break.

A spokesman for the office said it was investigating to see if any laws were broken.

The two were suspended from their jobs Monday,and Mayor Michael Bloomberg called their behavior inexcusable.

The Fire Department of New York suspended Jason Green, a six-year veteran, and Melissa Jackson, a four-year veteran, without pay while the Dec. 9 incident is investigated, spokesman Steve Ritea said.

The mother of a pregnant woman says the emergency medical technicians accused of refusing to help her are "inhuman."

Cynthia Rennix told The Associated Press on Tuesday that she could never have imagined an EMT refusing to aid someone. She says they shouldn't have those jobs if they aren't willing to get involved.

Witnesses, first speaking to The New York Post, said the EMTs told employees at the eatery in downtown Brooklyn to call 911 and then left when they were asked to help Eutisha Revee Rennix, an employee who had collapsed.

An ambulance was called, and Rennix, 25, was taken to Long Island College Hospital, where she died a short time later. Her baby girl was too premature to survive. A message left for Rennix's mother Monday wasn't immediately returned.

Home telephone listings for Jackson and Green weren't unavailable. A call Monday evening to the EMT's union office wasn't immediately returned.

Ritea said that all FDNY members "take an oath to assist others whenever they're in need of emergency medical care. It's their sworn duty."

A union spokesman said Monday that EMTs generally consider their jobs to be a 24-hour kind of thing.

"Our people tend to spring into action whether they're on duty, off duty, whatever they're doing," said Robert Ungar, spokesman for the Uniformed EMTS and Paramedics, FDNY.

The city's EMTs have a "very strong bond with the people of New York City that they serve," he said. "They view themselves as always being on duty."

He said the union was waiting to see what the results of the Fire Department's investigation would be.

"If there was unprofessional conduct by these EMTs, the union does not condone any type of conduct which in any way can harm members of the public," he said.

On Monday, Bloomberg repeated comments he made over the weekend criticizing the EMTs, saying refusing to help goes against human decency.

"There's no excuse whatsoever," he said.

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