Many people only think for themselves resulting in situations such as Catherine Genovese’s. In this case silence was not golden. The article Thirty- Eight People Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police, tells the story of people who witnessed a young woman be brutally stabbed to death. When questioned by the police, the witnesses had no good explanations as to why more than thirty minutes had passed before anyone called the police. Although it was evident the witnesses continued to hear screaming throughout the duration of the murder, none were willing to get involved. It was not until after the ambulance left with Miss Genovese’s body that “the people came out” (Gansberg,31). Ignoring a situation when another person’s life is at stake is almost