Angel Arce Torres, the man who made us ask ourselves what would we have done, has died

Yesterday, Angel Arce Torres died.  His family removed him from life support.  He was seventy-eight years old.  You think you don't know who Mr. Torres is?  You likely do know him, it's just his name that's unfamiliar.  Do you remember that video footage you watched a while back of a man struck down in the middle of the street, where both passing cars didn't stop and onlookers made no attempt to help him? It's all coming back to you now, isn't it?  

Mr. Torres made all of us question ourselves.  "Would I have stopped if I hit him?  Would I have run after the driver and gotten his license plate number?  Oh my goodness, there were two separate cars that hit Mr. Torres and neither stopped!  What about the people in the video watching it happen?  Why isn't anyone slowing down? Where are the police? Where is the ambulance? What should I do?"

Today, Mr. Torres is no longer here. His last thought on that fateful day may well have been "Please God, will someone help me? 

The authorities still don't know who hit Mr. Torres, neither the first nor the second time. Please drive safely, have a valid drivers license, and keep your insurance current. If you cause or see an accident where aid to another human should be rendered, make your mother proud and be the good Samaritan.