No help

I am writing in response to a letter that was printed in the June 28 edition of the Review.

The gentleman was writing about how disgusted he was that an old lady needed help and people just continued walking past her and offered no help.

I am 33 years old and have a broken ankle. Last week I was at Gloucester train station and walking up the steps to cross the bridge to my required platform, halfway up I tripped on a step and fell over onto my hands and knees with my small suitcase and handbag falling all the way down the flight of stairs to the very bottom. Due to my broken ankle I found it very difficult to get up from the position I was in after falling.

During the time I was trying to get up five people walked past me on the steps and not one person offered to help me either to stand up or offer to get my suitcase and handbag even though it was clearly obvious that I have a broken ankle due to the plaster cast covering my leg and foot.

I am also  very saddened by the actions of these people who didn't offer to help and I think these people should be ashamed of themselves, unfortunately I think it is a sign of the times that we live in, although I'm not tarring everyone with the same brush there are a lot of people who have no manners at all and I just hope that parents/guardians and teachers are contributing to the next generation how it doesn't cost anything to be polite and to help others.

– Rachel, Bream.