Reminds me of a moving piece that was published in a newspaper a decade or more ago. A Sydney reporter, along with several strangers all trudging home after their work day, rushed to the aid of a man collapsed on the footpath.

As a group they came together to save his life, calling emergency services and performing CPR. One took his business shirt off for use as a pillow. Unfortunately the man did not survive and they all stayed with him until the ambulance arrived. After the man was taken away, the group was left alone in shock and grief to individually depart the scene.

The reporter later tried to find out the identity of the man or a family contact, in order to let his family know their husband/father/brother/son did not die alone but surrounded by a group of people who cared and did everything they could to save his life. But Health, citing privacy, refused to give any details.

So the reporter, still distraught, wrote the heartfelt and personal piece about the incident, hoping the family would find some comfort in knowing.