Three people step in after man sets himself on fire
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM)— Three bystanders helped a man who had set himself on fire in Wisner Park on Thursday, June 12.
'I was on my lunch break heading back to the school I work at down the street and I stopped at this red light and I look over and I saw fire and I thought it was life the flower garden beds on fire and then as I'm dialing 911 I see the man fall back,' said Isabella Wilson, a bystander at the scene.
Wilson parked her car and immediately went to the man to try to help him. She brought water that she had over to try and get rid of the fire.
Two other people were in the area at the time, and they went to help the man as soon as they noticed the flames.
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'I was screaming at people to call 911, and I'm trying to get people to bring me something, and that's all they brought me, they brought me a 2-liter bottle of Mountain Dew and a half gallon of chocolate milk, and it worked. Desirae Wood, a bystander at the scene.
Woods says that the fire was mostly put out by the time the emergency crews arrived.
According to a few bystanders, only a few people stopped to help, but many drove by in their cars, recording on their phones.
'I screamed at them that you'd rather record something like this than call the EMTs or 911,' said Joshua Campbell, a bystander at the scene.
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All three of the bystanders agree that instead of pulling your phone out to record, you should pull over and make sure that the person is receiving the help that they need.
'I'm pretty sure there are videos out there, but they shouldn't be posted. They should be deleted because it's not right, it's disrespectful to him,' said Campbell.
The three people who helped the man all believe that the Elmira community needs to be more involved with helping each other in times of trouble.
'I just think the Elmira community needs to do better. With all the people around here, especially in the park and everything, people know people, and there's just no reason that someone should feel they need to do that,' said Wilson.
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