More Words, Deeper Hole

I remember an incident maybe 30 years ago when I was living in London. I was walking back from the train station to my flat late at night and there was someone walking the same direction in front of me. He was much slower and seemed to be staggering. As I passed him (and no, I didn't run into him) he just keeled over. I asked him if he was OK but he didn't seem to be able to speak coherently or get up. Don't know if he was very drunk or had had some sort of stroke.

A couple walked past while I was wondering what to do and I knew that if they kept going down the road they'd pass an ambulance station so I asked them to tell someone there. Don't know if they did but an ambulance did pass eventually and I was able to flag it down.

Of course, these days I'd be able to call 999 on my mobile.