Why we still say that we are human?

Hiya shibs, Ages ago I did see that just for a while and I did wonder why they did not do more to help her. Wondered if there was not some kind of Crane that could have lifted up that wall and debris that was trapping her. Where was that Crane when people like her needed it. Surely there were Firemen or something like that to help out on those tragic times. Did not like what the Television did either to keep Filming her like that while she was in such a really terrible state. Over here they said that her kidneys failed whichever way it was she was such a very young child and full of life and I cannot understand to this Day why this happened to her in that way. One of the Spanish Reporters said that a few People had got underwater and had tried to move the debris and the wall trapping her but she would cry out with such pain and they said they were afraid of making things worse for her. She should have had some Medical attention but where were the Doctors? My obvious guess is that the few Doctors available would be attending a good many others too. But indeed hers was really tragic. I hope she is resting in peace too shibs.xxx

I could not imagine not helping. I could not imagine taking pictures of a situation like that while doing nothing else. It is beyond me how people can turn their heads to suffering when there is something they can do. It makes me question humanity sometimes when something like this takes place.

It's "normal". If you ask them, they will answer: "Is not my job, I am not qualified, I have not adequate equipment for that and - after all - that is govt.'s problem.". Is cruel, is sad, is outrageous - but they are right. Oh, to be provable that they could do something in effect and they didn't care? Well, then they should be dragged into justice and punished. Else, they are very right. Sure, is at decency and morality borders to do what they done in the way they done it - stay there day and night just to broadcast live how a person die in agony. They are guilty of immorality. Hey, show me ONE journalist that will act different when face the story of his/her career ...

Hi shibham Oh it was sad to see her picture there and the fact that she was not rescued in time to have saved her life. All I can think about the media shibham is that they are not concerned with safety but the news. It is like a terrible rat race where all they are concerned with is geeing their news out first. It is not normal behavior for any human, in fact it is inhumane actually. I think that they need to remember that a human is much more important then getting the next bit of news.

Journalists care only for news they bring in their media houses, but they never care about the source of their news. Its sad that in such a situation no journalist will attempt to help simply its not their job, by I call it inhumane behavour. Sometimes back, their was one journalist who got awarded for taking a picture of a child dying of hunger, but he/she did not try to save the child. Why would they be interested in showing us their pitiful faces as they narrate the story when they have no help for the victim in the story?

Sadly, a lot of people around the world care more about their jobs or their stomach. It is such a shame for them not rescue an agonizing victim and watch him dying in the mud pit. If only our government officials have spend all the money on rescue equipments, this will not happen. R.I.P. Omayra Sanchez, may your soul with GOD.

Personally with situations in life sometimes we all have thought this. Why people would take pictures like this, and not try to help does not make any sense, unless people felt there was nothing they could do. But overall I would not want to be the one who had to witness this, and not do anything. I would think it would eat on them all the rest of their life feeling like a failure. But maybe it was too unsafe, or too late and they felt their hands were tied?

Hello Shibham, I don’t understand either. If we see any person in danger first we try to save him/her from there. Instead they are taking pictures.. for what? Is there anything prevent them to save the person? Possibilities are there but your question is very natural when we see the picture first we think about this, why nobody try to save the person?

Hello shibham, Maybe I should asked the same question to you; what would you have done? have you ever sought question as to situation there. maybe the photographer couldn't get there in the first place or he wasn't brave as he is supposed to be? In the Philippines, there were chances that media would help the people through their foundations. This year alone, a Media crew helped a OFW in japan to leave the city because of the fear of radiation. btw: the picture was kinda scary

It is a difficult situation, my city was destroyed by earthquake in the year 2006 and i also watched another disasters that destroyed building and trapped people inside. we cannot tell whether the journalist and the other people did not anything to the mud flood victims. when a building is broken and collapsed and people trapped inside, we wish to save them and get them out from the building quickly but it is not an easy job to do when you dealing with a collapsed building, real broken roof or wall. the situation that this kid and journalist were facing is unlike the kid drowned in a lake where you can easily pull her out. he probably broadcasting the kid's situation in hope that the government would see an act faster. I think it is not about breaking the laws to save the kid but it is more like they dont have the equipment to get the girl out from the building. Im not going to judge the journalist because I dont see the situation by myself. and speaking of disaster I have witnessed disasters by my own eyes that killed many people. my city was destroyed by natural disasters, it was a big mess, but we just cant blame anyone. im not sure that government and other people mean to give a late help but there are so many factors that can caused the help come late.

May be helping hands needed in every place. Media wont give helping hands to make people rescue as they are only interested to telecast those things and get popular among those news. As i dont know why that photographer also not ready to help those child. As sympathy is lacking among peoples.