When Rosina Hernandez was in college, she once attended a rock concert at which one young man was cruelly beaten by another. No one made an1to stop the beating. The next day she was2to learn that the youth had died as a result of the3. Yet neither she nor anyone else had raised a hand to help4. She could never forget the incident and her responsibility as an5bystander(旁观者).

   Some years later, Rosina saw another6. A car driving in the rain ahead of her suddenly rushed into Biscayne Bay. The car landed head down in the water with only the tail end7. In a moment a woman appeared on the8, shouting for help and saying her9was stuck inside. This time Rosina waited for no one. She jumped into the water, tried10to open the car door, then broke the back window11other bystanders stood on the street and12. First she13at them, begging for help, then14them, telling them there was a man dying in the car.

   First one man, then another, 15came to help. Together they16the safety glass and dragged the man out. They were just in time—a few17later it would have been all over. The woman thanked Rosina for saving her husband, and Rosina was18for weeks. She had promised herself that she would never again fail to do19she could do to save a human's life. She had made good on her20.