Ran over and ignored
On 13th October 2011, Qu Fei Fei brought her 2-year-old daughter to her husband’s workshop. Little did she know that it would be the last time Fei Fei would walk hand-in-hand with her daughter in Guangdong, China.
On the small road where her father’s shop stands, 2-year-old Yue Yue wandered around outside when a white van knocked her down, ran over her and sped off without helping the child.
Yue Yue, her mother and elder brother.
Several minutes later, a second vehicle ran over Yue Yue… crushing both her legs. As the child laid in the middle of the road, in pain and unable to move, 18 passers-by saw and ignored her. Some glanced at the scene, some stopped to look for a moment… but none stepped up to help her and none even called the ambulance. It was not until the 19th passer-by, Chen Xianmei (a street scavenger) who pulled Yue Yue to the side of the road and searched for her parents.
After 6 minutes of pain and agony, Yue Yue’s parents quickly rushed her to the hospital. She remained in a deep coma for 7 days until passing away on the 20th of October 2011 due to multiple organ failure.
The video below shows the whole incident caught by a nearby CCTV. The video is very shocking and disturbing. Parental guidance is advised for those below 18 years old.
Watch as 18 people walk past Yue Yue without offering a hand. The 18 passers-by are not bad people… and we can’t use this to label all of China… But what do you think would have been the right thing to do in that situation?
What do you feel about this?
Tsem Rinpoche
Or view the video on the server at:
http://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/Yue-yue.flv
It was not easy to watch the video at all. I cannot help but note the contrast between Bella, the dog’s reaction to intruders (see another blog post -Stabbed between the eyes) and that of the people who walked by. Some are simply callous like the first person who walked past without any reaction. A lot stopped, hesitated and decided to do nothing. I can’t imagine what was going through their heads and what they had to think about. Finally the one who did something for Yue-yue was a presumably poor street scavenger. What did anyone have to lose by offering help, even yelling for help?
I am wondering, is it the case the the more we think we have, the more we think we may lose, the more scared we become to do anything other than preserve ourselves? And in the process, we lose our humanity. There are countless videos of dogs and other animals putting themselves at risk to rescue other animals, even in the middle of far heavier traffic?
And as for the driver of the first van; to run over the child again with the rear tyres after realizing what had happened, I feel so angered at the driver and so sorry for him.
It is clear we humans have totally lost that which makes us human.
The right thing to do in that situation I believe is to send the kid to a hospital. Another option will be to call up ambulance for help. I hope at that point of time a friend will be near me to help. Being a lady, frankly speaking, I am concerned about my own safety at the same time.
Right now as I type this I realise that I still have to think about this which means that my response at that time may still not be that spontaneous. Rinpoche sets me thinking about this.
How I feel about this? I feel pains when I saw blood on the road after the first run-over and more blood after the second van’s knocking over the kid.
Last saturday when I was out I saw a lady who had leg pains that took slow walk under hot sun. I should have helped her, to send her to the place that she wanted to go.
Few weeks ago when I was outside in a shop while having small bites, I saw a man selling lottery tickets looking at some cakes on his way out of the shop. It seemed to me that he wanted to have some cakes but held back the idea. I thought about it for a few seconds and rushed out of the shop to ask him if he would like to have some of the cakes. He paused for a while and declined. I asked again and he declined once more. I didnt persist. I should have bought a few cakes and just passed it to him.
I am not that financially capable at the moment, there are many times that I have thought that I will do more when situation is better. I will remember what I have said and thought about at this moment and fulfill it when the time comes.
Karma is inescapable. It is either in this life or the next.
This is so terrible. I saw the video this morning and I could get it out of my mind the whole day. So incredible, unbelieveable . Ran over , not once but twice, pass and not care. I didn’t tought that this is possible!
I could not get the video out of my mind!
I remember watching this on CNN. It doesn’t really make sense. In social psychology they say that the more people around someone who needs help, the less anyone is to offer assistance. Something similar happened in NY where a person was mugged and stabbed, and no one helped. Maybe it’s a certain city mentality. When there’s a car accident in my town I literally see people running to help. To watch a child suffering like that and to just leave must haunt the person forever.
OMG! I can’t believe what I just saw. So many inhumane people who just walked past an injured toddler. Very disturbing! The people are so into themselves that kindness and care to others do not exist at all. It’s like they have become cold like zombies. They are worse than animals. This is a clear sign of degeneration. Very scary.
I believe this is what happens when people do not have any spirituality in them. What an horrific state to be in. I’m so glad that I have the good fortune to be learning the Buddha dharma. I still can’t believe what I just saw.
wow, that is outrageous. These bunch are either heartless or oblivious !!!
Actually I saw this video a few months back and it was reported in local media as well. It really made me speechless and keep questioning “what happen to human nowadays?” – heartless and selfish. I remember the police already caught the first driver and he is being charge in the court. The reason he didn’t stop is because he was very busy. What kind of super selfish excuse! The second driver and 18 passers-by may have many more reasons for not helping the kid.
The first driver should immediately stop and help the kid, I think the chances to save her life is much higher than after second vehicle and 18 passers-by.
This incident is reflecting so many people always use various kind of excuses to cover own ignorance!!! We must wake up now…
May the kid has a good rebirth. Om Mani Padme Hum.
VP
I read this news months ago and there were people said that sometime they might get into trouble if they go and help. It’s sad to live in a surrounding like this. People have hesitation in the matter of saving people’s life. How bad it is.
But if people keep using this as an excuse for not saving people’s life and selfish, this shows how ignorance and bad-heart the people are.
Even when we hit a cat or dog on road, we wouldn’t just run away.
When I saw this video clip from the website, my thought was same as others: how cruel the people are. There were so many condemned the 18 people on FB. The next day on my way to work, when I turned left to a main road, I nearly ran over a body of a dog I believed was hit by driver before I reached. Yes I had successfully avoid to ran over the body and some cars just ran over it. How kind or warm is our society compare to Guandong people? When we could ran over a dead dog’s body, we could do that to human beings as well, may be not now, in future we don’t know. Other Malaysian including me actually how warm/compassion is our heart compare to people in the video?
Horrendously shocking! The two things that disturb me most are the callousness of the two vehicle drivers that ran over the poor little girl not once but twice, and the indifference of the many passers-by. Was it fear of trouble that stopped the passers-by from helping?Was it because they didn’t want to soil themselves with the blood of the poor girl? Yes, what a sharp contrast to Bella the dog who took a life-threatening stab-wound as she loyally and gallantly fought to thwart intruders and robbers from harming her master and his family.
This made me stunned with what happened with unlucky Yue Yue which was very cruel but the 18 passers-by are the worst. I really don’t know what are inside their minds which made them to ignore and just walked pass her without even scream/shout to help her. How scary that our minds can be degenerated and be cold like this. Don’t they think if this is happen with children in their family then how they will do and feel? It is very terrible and unbelievable!!!!
It reflects to people mind in this modern world that more selfish, uncare and cold unlike the past hence in this current world with hi-technology things but our mind are degenerated, and lack of humanity at all.
Thank you Rinpoche for put up this vdo, May this incident will not happen again with anyone and may this VDO make us to realize how our minds are and be able to catch up before it too late.
It was hard to watch all of it.
Felt so sick looking at the people walking there just pretend not knowing.
The car driver is so ignorance.
How can that be? Is human life!
They should bring her to the hospital immediately!
Shock me!
Ignorance & selfishness do KILL!
May Dharma spread wide and more people have the great merit to learn and practice.
I pray and dedicate for them.
I saw this video some time back and I couldn’t finish watching it as I felt sad to see someone being hurt like that. It is really sad to see situations like this happening all around the world nowadays. I feel sad for their negative karma to open up like this.
There is another video that I watched the other day that was equally sad. People just stopped, stared then walked away…
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?v=6YcVvB618B0
As a mother i am SHOCKED at how 19 people didn’t even stop to see if the child way ok. THERE IS NO EXCISE for people to behave this way. Shame on you!!!
My prayer go out to the family, I know you must be heartbroken, and I am deeply sorry for your loss.
please forgive the spelling errors, I have a cold.
This is a very shocking video. The driver sped off without checking at all. Ignoring an injured being and were left to die is really unbecoming. It is because nobody cares that’s why Yue Yue was ran over the second time. The mentality of not helping, not wanting to be troubled & self-centeredness is very disturbing and becoming more and more a part of the society now. I wish people can be more mindful and caring for each other.
It’s unbelievable that 18 people could have just walked past the poor girl without offering help or concern.
This is the attitude of “don’t care” – very dangerousrowntori. I remember someone said that the reason why Hitler could killed so many Jews is because the rest of the world allowed him to do that. How scary !
Yes, it is indeed a shocking event. I have heard a different version from the poor people in China. They are always marginalised and victimised. In any adverse event, like this one, somebody is always witch hunting for somebody to blame and, no surprise, the poor would be victimised. If any of the eighteen were to stop to help, they may be accused for hurting the child instead. Such is the samsara world of China.
saw this video many months back, was so sad that so many passer by did not even do something, and ignoring little yue yue who lie motionless on the street. They treat her like nothing, it outrageous.
society nowadays had become heartless, ignorant, not caring. It evident from these video, people saw, but they ignore Yue Yue. Worst is the driver who ran over her is cruel and heartless, leaving behind little yue yue and drove off like nothing happen. People nowadays are too selfish, and had loss the their sense, the more advance the society gets, the more degenerate their morale, and become senseless human being which only care for themself.
Urgh what a horrible video…and the worst bit is that the driver could’ve clearly seen the little girl, so the ‘sudden acceleration’ was totally avoidable.
In psychology, this phenomenon is known as the passerby or bystander effect – the likelihood for help is inversely related to the number of people around. Basically, when there are so many people around, everyone thinks someone else will help (diffusion of responsibility). Unfortunately, it’s not unique to China – another very well known case involving the bystander effect was the murder of a lady called Kitty Genovese in New York in the 1960s.
Unbelievable that human being have degenerate to this stage where they do not care at all. Not to mention the heartless drivers who just ran over the kid without thinking twice. Where is the kindness of one human being to another?
Also the passer-bys, if they could not help the dying girl, at least inform someone who can. What’s so difficult about it? I saw another video recently where a man was stabbing a woman repeatedly on the streets and people just walk by without giving a hoot! No help or even no stopping the man! What has society become?
是，我在幾個月前就已听過这樣的一則新聞，面子書的朋友們談得最兇。我有點抗拒去了解这個事情的真相，你說逃避也好，你說我冷血也罢。就这樣，这個在朋友坊間傳載了許久的短片又再出現了，我知道我不夠再消极地逃避了。
為什麼我一直不愿去看这個短片，因為骨子裡我不想接受人性冷酷到这種吓人的程度，我覺得太恐怖了。这種心情就像我今天翻開報紙，一頁頁地往下看，十則新聞裡，有七則半是某人被兇殺，死狀可怖，某人在老母親前墮楼，某人因車禍橫亡等等等；看得我心情沉重萬分，最無奈是，我可以幫上甚麼忙？
如果，我以自己懂得少的佛法知識去理解，我只能講說，这是他們的果業？！但，我想若處理得好，这些果業將不會發生，對吧？因此，我又再問自己，我能幫上甚麼忙呢？
Not my child.
Not my problem.
Not my responsibility.
Scary!
In today’s society, so many of us are extremely self-indulgent, and only always think about “me, me and me”.
“If I help this girl, what will I get into?”
“Will I be in trouble? Will they think that I did this to her?”
Therefore, many rather chose to “close one eye” than to help others, or shoulder responsibility, because they don’t want to bring any trouble to themselves. How cruel, and selfish mankind is. This video is extremely shocking, as to how mankind can really play innocent, and literally walk past an ailing child, as if nothing has happened, as if it doesn’t bother them.
I am so glad I met the Dharma, because, if not, I think I’d be one of those who would shun responsibility, and close one eye, because I’d be afraid of what would be in-store for me.
A few days ago, I saw a man lying on the streets, with a few passerbys surrounding him. Thinking whether I should call for help.. I debated with myself. Then I thought, maybe those who are there at the scene kept assuming that the other called for help, and in the end, what if no one called for help and that poor man dies. So I called, for the very first time, to the emergency services to make sure that the police/ambulance got to this man in time.
I’m glad I did, because I realised, it isn’t that hard afterall to take on the responsibility, despite what your mind tells you.
Heard about this news several months ago. Was thinking why this happened? What is in their mind when they passed by. This is a Human, a kid. People are worries that if they get involve to save this kid, they might get into troubles. The attitude of worry to be scolded, get into troubled etc have lead to the attitude of not care, no mercy, no compassion.
A very quick example, how many people check the source of the meat they eat is being “killed” with “kindness” or the animals is treated
with “kindness” before being slaughter and served as food? OR, how many people really do recycle in their own home? Rinse the bottle and itemized nicely to give for recycle?
The ‘no care attitude” or “worry that the trouble will come to us” attitude have been planted in our mind so deeply. That if we care, we are label as “busy body”, over concerned, non of your problems, or invite problems. Thus, the voices of truth is getting lesser. This even lead to the point,which recently i keep asking myself, am i wrong if i concerned? It is wrong if i give advise to this person? I am struggle in this statement.
Thus, when i blamed these people who walk passed by the kid without any action taken, i asked myself this question: how much i care? Am i reading this kind of news and that is , do nothing. How long i want to take to transform myself of not afraid people scolded me, accuse me and take action to be more concerned?
It took a scavenger person to give assistance to this child. So I think people should stop looking down at homeless and scavengers on the streets they may have a greater capacity compassion than most of us who could not even lift up a finger to call for help.
I hope the Chinese people will soon develop not only their economic capability but a genuine sense of responsibility and be in touch with higher knowledges then just being consumed by materialism and only everyman for himself.