6 Times Firefighters Were NOT Actually Heroes

They refused to help someone in need because nobody called 911

In some countries, it is mandatory to help someone in need (sometimes known as Good Samaritan laws), whether you call 911 or provide first aid assistance – in some cases, if someone dies and you could have helped them but preferred to ignore it, you can even be punished for it by law. 

However, in 2014, 77-year-old Medric Cecil Mills suffered a heart attack on the streets of Washington, DC and his daughter fled to the fire station to ask for help. Unfortunately, firefighters refused to help them because no one called 911. When other people said that Mills was dying, the firefighters told them that they couldn’t help them if no one called 911. 

When someone called finally 911, firefighters reached the wrong destination. Meanwhile, Mills stayed on the ground for about 30 minutes until a police officer took him to the hospital, but it was too late because he died before he got there.