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Anonymous wrote:A surveillance video was released from inside the restaurant where the victim went after she was stabbed. She's blurred out but you can see people running away from her.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6189359/Police-arrest-suspect-fatal-stabbing-newly-engaged-DC-jogger.html

that was posted above. I know it's natural to want to get away but DAMN that one guy is a coward. The store owner tried to help and others apparently ran in as well (not in video).

I hope the man and woman seen scrambling away in the video have told everyone they know that they were there when she came into the restaurant, and that their friends, family and coworkers all see the video. Cowards. Not to mention stupid to run out into the street where the attack had just happened.

Too bad you weren't there to be the hero.
Monday morning quarterbacking at its finest.

It's hard to pass judgement on how the restaurant patrons reacted if you've never been in a similar situation. It must have been very scary for a bleeding woman to run in like that.

Well, it’s a good thing that there are courageous people in the world to fill in for all the cowards then, isn’t it?

I think that's a bit harsh. In the moment you have no idea how you'd react. Of course you want to believe you would do the right thing but you really don't know.

Bs.

OK armchair hero in your own mind.

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Anonymous wrote:For those saying she died alone - she didn’t. Two bystanders, including a nurse, and the store manager were with her. She even managed to speak them. Maybe do some research before blabbing your mouths.

We also don’t know that the two that fled didn’t actually run outside to get help from others. I could see how you might run out and yell “help!” I thought in the original news story, they said two people ran to get help.

We don’t know what they did when we left and why bother speculating? They didn’t f#cking stab her to death. People need to get some f#cking perspective and focus their outrage accordingly.
Here’s a hint: be angry with the murderer.

Anonymous wrote:For those saying she died alone - she didn’t. Two bystanders, including a nurse, and the store manager were with her. She even managed to speak them. Maybe do some research before blabbing your mouths.

We also don’t know that the two that fled didn’t actually run outside to get help from others. I could see how you might run out and yell “help!” I thought in the original news story, they said two people ran to get help.

This senseless murder reminds me of the AU graduate who was stabbed 30 plus times in broad daylight on the metro. Many others on the train witnessed it. The killer was looking for another victim when he finished ,but thankfully didn't hurt anyone else.

Anonymous wrote:I drove through about an hour ago, and there is such a heavy police presence. I know they had a press conference earlier, but is it really necessarily to have 17 different squad cars on the circle right *now* during the evening rush?

I walked past 11th and P St and the Chinese restaurant around 11 AM and it was camera gridlock on all four corners.

I am just glad they caught the guy.

For those saying she died alone - she didn’t. Two bystanders, including a nurse, and the store manager were with her. She even managed to speak them. Maybe do some research before blabbing your mouths.

Anonymous wrote:I drove through about an hour ago, and there is such a heavy police presence. I know they had a press conference earlier, but is it really necessarily to have 17 different squad cars on the circle right *now* during the evening rush?

As a resident - bring on the squad cars. Lookie-loos can find another way home.

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Anonymous wrote:Please stop with bashing the people who fled the restaurant. People do strange things when startled like that. They had no time to think. Some people are just bad in emergency situations. Some people faint at the sight of blood. I know for a fact that I would have been the one performing the CPR on her, because I've been in emergency situations before. But I am able to recognize that people are not all built the same way.

I was just listening to an audiobook about an hour ago that said that people who respond well in emergency situations like this are highly empathetic people. They are courageous, of course, but having empathy for others in distress is what causes them to act.

i think it's hard to predict how you would react in the moment, whether you are an empathetic person or not. i'm sure for many a very instinctive fight or flight response kicks in when you see all that blood. i would think getting hands-on first aid training to desensitize you a bit to blood and to have some muscle memory kick in to counter that instinctive panicked response would help. hope i never have to find out how i would react in such a terrible situation.

+1 I was shocked by the video of people fleeing too, but it is absolutely true none of us knows how we'd respond. I'm heartbroken at the thought of her dying with no-one comforting her though, and truly hope that was not the case.

We ALL failed her.

Anonymous wrote:I drove through about an hour ago, and there is such a heavy police presence. I know they had a press conference earlier, but is it really necessarily to have 17 different squad cars on the circle right *now* during the evening rush?

I believe the police presence was due to a vigil that was held in the circle for the victim around 7pm.

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Anonymous wrote:Please stop with bashing the people who fled the restaurant. People do strange things when startled like that. They had no time to think. Some people are just bad in emergency situations. Some people faint at the sight of blood. I know for a fact that I would have been the one performing the CPR on her, because I've been in emergency situations before. But I am able to recognize that people are not all built the same way.

I was just listening to an audiobook about an hour ago that said that people who respond well in emergency situations like this are highly empathetic people. They are courageous, of course, but having empathy for others in distress is what causes them to act.

i think it's hard to predict how you would react in the moment, whether you are an empathetic person or not. i'm sure for many a very instinctive fight or flight response kicks in when you see all that blood. i would think getting hands-on first aid training to desensitize you a bit to blood and to have some muscle memory kick in to counter that instinctive panicked response would help. hope i never have to find out how i would react in such a terrible situation.

+1 I was shocked by the video of people fleeing too, but it is absolutely true none of us knows how we'd respond. I'm heartbroken at the thought of her dying with no-one comforting her though, and truly hope that was not the case.

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THAT is what upsets me. Thankfully, I don’t know what it’s like to be a witness to something so horrible, but I can’t imagine running away from someone so desperately in need. Admittedly, I’m an empath, but I would think once the initial shock wears off, people would gather around her to offer comfort at least. I’m disgusted by the people running away from that poor woman.

And, honestly, even if you behave cowardly in this situation, common sense would dictate that you stay inside and lock the door...NOT run outside to the killer!

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Anonymous wrote:Please stop with bashing the people who fled the restaurant. People do strange things when startled like that. They had no time to think. Some people are just bad in emergency situations. Some people faint at the sight of blood. I know for a fact that I would have been the one performing the CPR on her, because I've been in emergency situations before. But I am able to recognize that people are not all built the same way.

I was just listening to an audiobook about an hour ago that said that people who respond well in emergency situations like this are highly empathetic people. They are courageous, of course, but having empathy for others in distress is what causes them to act.

i think it's hard to predict how you would react in the moment, whether you are an empathetic person or not. i'm sure for many a very instinctive fight or flight response kicks in when you see all that blood. i would think getting hands-on first aid training to desensitize you a bit to blood and to have some muscle memory kick in to counter that instinctive panicked response would help. hope i never have to find out how i would react in such a terrible situation.

+1 I was shocked by the video of people fleeing too, but it is absolutely true none of us knows how we'd respond. I'm heartbroken at the thought of her dying with no-one comforting her though, and truly hope that was not the case.

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Anonymous wrote:Please stop with bashing the people who fled the restaurant. People do strange things when startled like that. They had no time to think. Some people are just bad in emergency situations. Some people faint at the sight of blood. I know for a fact that I would have been the one performing the CPR on her, because I've been in emergency situations before. But I am able to recognize that people are not all built the same way.

I was just listening to an audiobook about an hour ago that said that people who respond well in emergency situations like this are highly empathetic people. They are courageous, of course, but having empathy for others in distress is what causes them to act.

i think it's hard to predict how you would react in the moment, whether you are an empathetic person or not. i'm sure for many a very instinctive fight or flight response kicks in when you see all that blood. i would think getting hands-on first aid training to desensitize you a bit to blood and to have some muscle memory kick in to counter that instinctive panicked response would help. hope i never have to find out how i would react in such a terrible situation.

Anonymous wrote:There’s also a video of when she first ran in to the restaurant where she’s not blurred out and it looks like that girl ran up to help her, but maybe not...

I can’t figure out how to put it here.

Copy and paste the link?

Anonymous wrote:Please stop with bashing the people who fled the restaurant. People do strange things when startled like that. They had no time to think. Some people are just bad in emergency situations. Some people faint at the sight of blood. I know for a fact that I would have been the one performing the CPR on her, because I've been in emergency situations before. But I am able to recognize that people are not all built the same way.

I was just listening to an audiobook about an hour ago that said that people who respond well in emergency situations like this are highly empathetic people. They are courageous, of course, but having empathy for others in distress is what causes them to act.

I drove through about an hour ago, and there is such a heavy police presence. I know they had a press conference earlier, but is it really necessarily to have 17 different squad cars on the circle right *now* during the evening rush?