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An intoxicated man fell onto a Bay Area rapid transit track in Oakland last Sunday afternoon.

He landed in front of an approaching train.

A barred employee named John O'Connor grabbed him by the shoulders and pulled him to safety.

The now viral video shows how close the man came to death.

We are all in this story.

We are the man who is about to die,

or the man who did what he could to save him,

or the people who did not try to help.

I recently read a statement by Randy Elkhorn that has bothered me ever since.

He quoted Leo Tolstoy.

The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed by either a change of life or

by a change of conscience.

Elkhorn then commented, many of us have elected to adjust our consciences rather than our

lives. Our powers of rationalization

are unlimited. They allow us to live in luxury and indifference while others, whom we could help if we

choose to, starve and go to hell. His assessment seems harsh. Surely I would not let someone starve

or go to hell if I could help them.

But Elkhorn forces me to ask,

am I giving all I should to help those who are starving?

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