Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Flare for Drama


Reminds me of the TRUE STORY, of a man in Chicago who lit himself on fire to protest the war in Iraq (this was around 2005). He chose the freeway off ramp at 8:30 AM during rush hour. and he lit himself on fire. NOBODY EVEN NOTICED. A sanitation streets worker found the remains a few days later. Only through forensic evidence were they able to identify the body and upon searching his apartment found a journal with a description of his intentions. At least 2600 people drove right by the man's burning body writhing in agony and no one even noticed.

Assuming that cars were moving at a constant rate of 60 miles per hour and a car takes up 30 feet per car (including space between cars), then in an hour about 10560 cars will pass a single point.  Assuming that the body was burning and writhing for fifteen minutes, then about 2640 people witnessed that event.  Nobody reported it.

copyright (c) 2017
William Schaeffer

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