Neighborliness
I often walk to work at the Patriot-News from my home in Shipoke. On my stroll home Friday, I came out of Riverfront Park onto Front Street and thought I saw people standing in the street. As I drew closer, I saw a middle-aged woman laying in the street, moaning softly. No blood that I could see, but she was obviously in pain. Five or six people were clustered around her in case a car came, ready to slow it down and direct it around her. Traffic isn't much of a problem in Shipoke, but all it takes is one inattentive driver talking on his/her cellphone to cause a tragedy. They waited with her until an ambulance arrived. I later learned she was not from the neighborhood, but had apparently stopped to look at the Susquehanna River. Heading back to her car, she tripped off the curb and injured her shoulder. It's great to live in a neighborhood where people care.