In April, 2010, a homeless man helped a young woman fend off an attacker in Queens, New York. For his trouble, he was stabbed and fell to the sidewalk where he laid in a pool of his own blood. When emergency aid arrived over an hour later, Hugo Tale-Yax was already dead. Horrifyingly, surveillance video revealed that 25 people walked past him while he lay dying on the street. These 25 people exhibited what is known as the

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The bystander effect describes a social psychological phenomenon where individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present. The more bystanders there are, the less likely any one of them is to help, often due to a diffusion of responsibility. This explains why 25 people walked past Hugo Tale-Yax without offering assistance.

In April, 2010, a Homeless Man Helped a Young Woman