In the article and the referenced video, a couple of girls stumble upon a heartbreaking scene: a dog has been left alone in a hot, locked vehicle and nobody is present to help. Driven virtually by instinct, the girls spring into action, break the vehicle window, and thereby rescue the suffering animal. The girls’ actions are clearly heroic and reflect the latent goodness that lies within human beings.
If confronted with a similar situation, what would you do? The possibility exists that some, even if they observed a creature in such travail, might do nothing. They might, for instance, fear that the owner of the vehicle would become angry concerning the broken window. Similarly, they could feel reluctant about recruiting others to help. Ultimately, they might simply not know what to do.
So, again the query, what would you do? An educated guess proposes that you would follow the example established by the young girls. Evidence reveals that humans, even in the face of threatening conditions, are often willing to risk their own lives to save endangered humans or animals, including wild animals. The youthful among us are often the best teachers, naturally overcoming any reservations to reach out and help.
The likelihood is that your solution would have differed from the young girls; for example, you may have devised a means of locating the owner, or others, such as emergency personnel, who could lend assistance. Nevertheless, you likely would surrender to the primordial instinct within human beings to save another life. Do you agree? Would you have heeded the call to action from within, and saved the life of another?