But when his parents turned around to thank his rescuer no man was to be seen.
It registers that the rescuer's action was a serious one, in need of a special sort of justification.
The rescuer is blameless and does not owe an apology.
Were the rescuers motivated by altruism or by the promise of payment?
Many other rescuers, although assisting strangers, were nevertheless drawn to help people they regarded as 'culturally similar' to themselves.
Unknown to their would-be rescuers, however, they had perished.
The rescuer then discovers a herb that, when mixed with the drug, will allow her to save two people.
After all, running into a burning building to save someone else's child could be socially irresponsible if the rescuer has four dependent children at home.
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