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Friday, August 24, 2007 12:00 AM

Police: Woman raped, witnesses do nothing

A surveillance camera caught onlookers who failed to call the police.
Tracy Clark-Flory

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  • Saturday, August 25, 2007 07:42 AM

    Yell

    FIRE!!! Having lived in NYC for nearly thirty years following the Kitty Genovese case, I found that many people decided that the best way to get people out from behind their doors and windows when one is being attacked, raped, mugged, was to yell 'fire' instead of crying for help. Sad to say, it would seem that one must appeal to other people's self-interest in order to change anything.

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