Putting things in Perspective

So this morning I am riding the R train to work as usual. Sitting there, reading Metro. Then right before we got to 59th st., I hear this loud boom. I hear people saying "oh my god", so of course i expect to turn around and find the worst, like a killer or terrorist. There was a lady having a seizure on the floor, someone was with her, I am not sure if she knew her or not-people gave her air, unzipped her jacket and the woman was holding her head up. She seemed to be conscious but really out of it. I don't know if she has epilepsy or diabetes, or what. The woman stayed with her, and people are freaking. Someone yelled "help, someone in this car is sick and needs help". 59th Street is not my stop, but at that moment I didn't think of being late to work, I just wanted to find a conductor or train operator to notify. I walked through the crowd, and finally me and 2 other passengers found a train operator. We explained the situation and he asked us some questions and then said he was waiting for instructions from the train conductor. It is nice to know there are some caring people in this world, when I fainted on the train once, I am not even sure if someone prevented me from hitting my head (lol) but there was this nice Asian woman who was fanning me and asking me if I was OK. I told her I was, and thanked her, and luckily was able to walk to work.

Once I was reassured that help was on its way, I made my way to the 6 train (assuming that train would be stalled for awhile). I used to get so annoyed when my train would be delayed because of a sick passenger. But it is so scary when you are there. This woman needed help badly, she couldn't get up, who cares if I am late for work? Situations like this really put things into perspective. There are good people out there, there are people who are less fortunate than us, and all we care about sometimes is if our hair is flat or we hate our jobs or we need to lose 10 pounds. I was so panicked afterwards that I think I almost cried. I really hope that lady got the help she needed.