Thirty Eight who saw murder didn't call the police: this essay responds to a newspaper article from New York.

Although most people do not like to even get involved in another persons problems, we as citizens have a personal duty to attempt to help or call the police if we notice someone getting attacked. Catherine Genovese arrived home to her apartment building in Queens late one night to the chock of a man attacking her. The man stabbed her with a knife and left her for dead. He returned twice in a time period …

…a single person attmepted to help. These so called respectable law abiding citizens lackadaisical attitude toward such a fatal catastrophe holds them partly responsible for the murder they could have prevented. In conclusion, Catherine's death describes her neighbors as cowards, showing pure selfishness, and they should all assume moral responsibility for her murder. Such an insane even should never have happened, and the fact that it happened reflects badly upon American society as a whole.