WOTD: Altruism (unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others)
Transcript of Interview with Subject 13, 11/27/28
INTERVIEWER: Tell me about the first time you saw the visions.
SUB13: Visions… I don’t know that I would call them that. I didn’t actually see visions. I had feelings. You know that comic book with the black kid who was bit by a spider? I read that one and not the one from the movies with the white dude, even though I like him as an actor. I like the black kid though. Anyway, he has these senses that buzz like when he feels that something is up. I have those sort of like he does except its around people. I felt it the first time around this man standing in line in the coffee shop–Mick’s on 7th, you know it? I started feeling that sense of something really wrong and it got stronger and stronger the closer I got to him. He was taking so long to order that people started moving to another line and I just kept moving up, thinking why do I feel so weird and also thinking, man has to get done soon and I’ll be next. Then I got up to him and I felt like my head was going to explode. I knew it wasn’t me. It was him. He was having a stroke and he didn’t know it.
INTERVIEWER: How do you know it was a stroke?
SUB13: I don’t know how I knew. I felt it. I don’t have any sort of medical training. I don’t even watch the med shows on TV. That is what is so odd about this sense. I told whoever was listening to call 911 because he was having a Cerebrovascular accident. I didn’t even know what it meant when I said it. When people asked me what I meant I kept saying, he’s having a CVA. I looked it up afterwards.
INTERVIEWER: Why did you decide to intervene?
SUB13: Well, what would you do if you knew someone was in trouble?
NOTE**Interviewers are not supposed to respond to questions from subjects. The conversation lapses into silence for a full minute as the Interviewer reviews notes and prepares a separate line of questions.
INTERVIEWER: Do you believe you are a good person?
SUB13: Not really, no.
INTERVIEWER: Have you intervened in medical emergencies since this point?
SUB13: Yes, about 28 times since then. I even performed an emergency Tracheotomy once.
INTERVIEWER: Are you trained in or have you seen footage on the procedure prior to performing it?
SUB13: No. I didn’t even know what I was doing while it was happening. I wasn’t thinking about it. I just did it because it was what needed to be done.
INTERVIEWER: What about the man you were not able to save? He was having a heart attack?
SUB13: He was gone the moment I got in range. I felt it. I felt him go. I don’t ever want to feel anything like that again.
Some thoughts:
- I started trying to use my busted finger again today and it is weird how quickly the body adjusts to shifting to a different finger… It feels odd trying to go back now.