Today we witnessed a tree falling onto the highway, almost hitting a passed by car. The 3 cars in front of us swirled to avoid hitting the tree, and Jack managed to move into the next lane to avoid it. An innocent, smallish looking cypress tree fell. I don't know why.
I called 911 to report the incident. I was being connected to the highway patrol, so I repeated my report giving her the location of the incident. The nice lady patiently listened to me, and said: "Oh, someone already reported this. Thank you very much. Have a nice day."
I was quite amazed that someone already called, when we just witnessed it and passed the location ourselves.
What was that saying? If you are being responsible for the well-being of the society, you are a citizen; if you act as a bystander, then you are a civilian. Something like that ...
Just in time for voting season.
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