This reminds me of an episode of
Who Wants To Be A Superhero? that I saw a couple years back.
In this episode, Stan Lee gave all of his contestants pagers. He told them that if they were called, the should immediately and privately change into their superhero costume and race towards the end (following a specific route to the finish line).
Most of the contestants ran as fast as they could towards the end. What they did not even notice was a little girl crying (for her mom) near the finish line. A couple contestants actually stopped to help her and went to look for help before continuing their race.
Stan Lee expressed his severe disappointment in those who didn't even stop. Some of the contestants admitted that they saw a little girl crying, but ignored her because they felt that winning this contest was more important.
That goes to show that people easily place other things first before what's really important.
