Ehab Taha
I
saw the most incredible display of humanity on the sky train. A six
foot five man suffering from drug abuse and\or mental health issues was
being very aggressive on the bus with erratic movements, cursing,
shouting, etc. While everyone was scared, this one seventy year old
woman reached out her hand, tightly gripping his hand until he calmed
down, sat down silently, with eventual tears in his eyes. I spoke to the
woman after this incident and she simply said, "I'm a mother and he
needed someone to touch." And she started to cry. Don't fear or judge
the stranger on the bus: life does not provide equal welfare for all its
residents.
When this man started suffering from some kind of mental health
episode on a train, people did what a lot of others would do – they
turned their backs.
All of them except for one woman, who reached out with an ‘incredible display of humanity’.
It’s not known what triggered the episode, but the picture that was taken as a result has touched many people around the world.
It shows a 70-year-old woman holding the man’s hand as he sits on the floor beside her.
When he started shouting and ranting, she simply reached out and held his hand, holding tightly until he eventually calmed down and sat on the floor next to her.
Ehab Taha posted the picture on Facebook and explained that the woman told him: ‘I’m a mother and he needed someone to touch.’
All of them except for one woman, who reached out with an ‘incredible display of humanity’.
It’s not known what triggered the episode, but the picture that was taken as a result has touched many people around the world.
It shows a 70-year-old woman holding the man’s hand as he sits on the floor beside her.
When he started shouting and ranting, she simply reached out and held his hand, holding tightly until he eventually calmed down and sat on the floor next to her.
Ehab Taha posted the picture on Facebook and explained that the woman told him: ‘I’m a mother and he needed someone to touch.’
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