Over 20 people walk past a stabbed hero after he stops a rape (VIDEO)

[Kainos]

Stabbed hero dies as more than 20 people stroll past him

By IKIMULISA LIVINGSTON, JOHN DOYLE and DAN MANGAN

Last Updated: 7:18 AM, April 25, 2010

Posted: 3:36 AM, April 24, 2010

A heroic homeless man, stabbed after saving a Queens woman from a knife-wielding attacker, lay dying in a pool of blood for more than an hour as nearly 25 people indifferently strolled past him, a shocking surveillance video obtained by The Post reveals.

Some of the passers-by paused to stare at Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax last Sunday morning and others leaned down to look at his face.

He had jumped to the aid of a woman attacked on 144th Street at 88th Road in Jamaica at 5:40 a.m., was stabbed several times in the chest and collapsed as he chased his assailant.

VIDEO: HOMELESS MAN LIES DYING WHILE 25 PEOPLE WALK PAST

In the wake of the bloodshed, a man came out of a nearby building and chillingly took a cellphone photo of the victim before leaving. And in several instances, pairs of people gawked at Tale-Yax without doing anything.

Later, another man stopped, leaned over and vigorously shook Tale-Yax’s body. After lifting the victim’s head and body to reveal a pool of blood, he also walked off.

Not until some 15 minutes after he was shaken by the pedestrian — more than an hour and 20 minutes after the victim collapsed — did firefighters finally arrive and discover that Tale-Yax, 31, had died.

Firefighters were responding to a 911 call of a non-life-threatening injury at 7:23 a.m. when they found his body.

Cops said they received four 911 calls at around the time of the attack reporting a woman screaming, but found nothing. They received no other 911 calls.

The indifference of the pedestrians echoed the infamous 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese in Kew Gardens, Queens.

Her desperate screams after being stabbed failed to rouse assistance from the dozen or so people many neighbors who heard them.

"That’s unacceptable," said a woman who lives in the building near where Tale-Yax was killed.

"How can you be so heartless? If he’s dying, he might’ve been saved. If you don’t want to get involved, call 911 and leave."

Another area resident, Ramon Bellasco, 46, said: "It’s no good. They needed to help and call the police. I don’t get it."

George Subraj, owner of Zara Realty, which owns the building next to the murder scene, also gave surveillance footage to the NYPD for its investigation of the case.

The video shows an unidentified woman, standing about 5-foot-3 and wearing a jacket and skirt, walking down 144th Street near 88th Road with her cell phone in hand until.

As she walks under a protective scaffolding next to a building, a man is following her. He is described as 5-foot-6, wearing a green short sleeve shirt and dark pants with a green hat.

As that man accosts the woman under the scaffolding, Tale-Yax walks toward them.

The grainy video shows a scuffle, but most of the action is out of the security camera’s field of vision.

Within seconds, the killer is seen on the video running out from the scaffolding and up 144th St, as the woman heads off in the opposite direction.

Tale-Yax then chases after his murderer, who had stabbed him several times in the torso with a knife, but immediately collapses face down onto the sidewalk.

Within a minute or so, the first of a long series of people begins walking by Tale-Yax without going to his aid.

That man, carrying a small bag, gave the dying Tale-Yax a glance before continuing on his way.

The victim’s body was claimed by someone whom the Medical Examiner’s Office declined to identify, and taken to a Brooklyn funeral home.

No arrests have been made, and the police have been unable to identify the woman Tale-Yax was trying to help.

Anyone with information about the murder is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.

Thought this was pretty shocking

[Melchiah]

It's New York City, what do you expect? They don't give a shit about each other or anyone else.

I was 17, went to the shitter in a restaurant about 5 blocks from the Lincoln Center. I came back and my whole tour group was gone. All I needed was directions to the Lincoln Center to catch up with my group, and every citizen I asked for assistance either ignored me, or had some rude remark. Even the patrolmen I stopped on the corner were barely useful.

I know it's anecdotal, but the Kitty Genovese incident coupled with this latest tragedy are not. I just have lower expectations of New Yorkers as human beings. I know that's probably not fair, and may differ from neighborhood to neighborhood, but it's the impression the place and it's people have left on me.

ib4 New Yorker RAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE

[Jefe]

Kinda like Kick Ass.

[Airenn]

Queens. Could been me, wow. Scary. I would like to have think I haven't been in this city long enough to be corrupted into not calling 911 for help.

What is this Kitty Genovese story? I want to hear that one, too.

[Celeras]

ITT: People who would probably get mugged. Homeless people do that shit all the time(though most I see fake strokes) to lure you in, and then fucking grab you.

Only people in the video who should have done something were the two fgts standing there staring at the guy. Anybody walking by with a passing glance knows better than to investigate.

[vagus]

it was 50'.

[Lucavi]

Everyone has a cell phone. Call somebody, Jesus.

Humanity fails, once again.

[Lucki]

Queens. Could been me, wow. Scary. I would like to have think I haven't been in this city long enough to be corrupted into not calling 911 for help.

What is this Kitty Genovese story? I want to hear that one, too.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Kitty+Genovese

Spoiler: show

Catherine Susan Genovese (July 7, 1935[1] – March 13, 1964), commonly known as Kitty Genovese, was a New York City woman who was stabbed to death near her home in the Kew Gardens section of Queens, New York on March 13, 1964.[3] Genovese was buried in a family grave at Lakeview Cemetery in New Canaan, Connecticut.
The circumstances of her murder and the lack of reaction of numerous neighbors were reported by a newspaper article published two weeks later; the common portrayal of neighbors being fully aware but completely nonresponsive has later been criticized as inaccurate. Nonetheless, it prompted investigation into the social psychological phenomenon that has become known as the bystander effect (seldom: "Genovese syndrome")[4] and especially diffusion of responsibility.

more...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Genovese

[Tajin]

Everyone has a cell phone. Call somebody, Jesus.

Humanity fails, once again.

Had to be quoted.

[Yuri-G]

this is heartbreaking. not only did they let a man die when all someone had to do was call 911, he died saving someone else's life. and this is what he got in return.

I can understand not wanting to help - hell, I probably wouldn't want to get involved myself - but not at least making that 911 call, I just don't understand.

[Lucavi]

Its so fucking simple:

"Yeah, 911? I'm at such-and-such and there's a guy here lying on the ground. I can't tell if he's hurt or not, but somethings out of the ordinary. You might get other calls about him. Yeah, no, thank you. Have a good day."

Congratulations, you've done your civic fucking duty as a citizen. Nobody had to do fucking CPR or some Hollywood movie scene, but Jesus.

Sometimes I almost wish that I could be in a situation like that, just to see if I'm really as weak-willed and cowardly as the rest of society at large seems to be.

For his sake, I hope a God exists, and I'm sure he's receiving some kind of reward if one does. There's no greater gift than self-sacrifice.

[fantasticdan]

ITT: People who would probably get mugged. Homeless people do that shit all the time(though most I see fake strokes) to lure you in, and then fucking grab you.

Only people in the video who should have done something were the two fgts standing there staring at the guy. Anybody walking by with a passing glance knows better than to investigate.

There's a difference between investigating and just calling 911 after you walk by.

[Kuya]

ITT: People who would probably get mugged. Homeless people do that shit all the time(though most I see fake strokes) to lure you in, and then fucking grab you.

Only people in the video who should have done something were the two fgts standing there staring at the guy. Anybody walking by with a passing glance knows better than to investigate.

This only makes the story more rage inducing.

If this is how things work, we mind as well lock ourselves up in our little worlds with iphones in hand, and just ignore everything. Although, it's probably already like this in New York.

[Lucavi]

Shit, it probably is, Kuya.

"Greatest Nation on the planet!" indeed.

[Neosutra]

Why would he stop a rape?

[Kuya]

Everyone has a cell phone. Call somebody, Jesus.

Humanity fails, once again.

Well, one guy did something with his cell phone. He took a picture.

[Neosutra]

Damnit, I knew I shouldnt have dated that chick with a rape fantasy, now I'm fucked up for life..

[Artemas]

Not surprising in the least, however, none the less of a tragedy for it.

Where are the McManus brothers when you need them?

(Especially Connor )

[Odon]

This only makes the story more rage inducing.

If this is how things work, we mind as well lock ourselves up in our little worlds with iphones in hand, and just ignore everything. Although, it's probably already like this in New York.

That's EXACTLY how it is in NY.

[Lucavi]

Well, one guy did something with his cell phone. He took a picture.

Don't tell me that. Don't give me yet another reason to become a fully nihilistic Kefka clone.