Crowd Apathy - Epitaph for the End Time - Charles S McMichael - July 1975

Charles S McMichael

EVENING rush-hour traffic streamed out of Rochester, New York. On the edge of the business district, cars and trucks, headlights gleaming in the early dusk, waited to swing on to Interstate 490. It was 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 16, 1971. To these motorists, taking a familiar route home, it seemed like any other day. However, a tragedy was to occur which would emblazon this day in their minds forever. As the cars picked up speed and bore down on the Route 36 interchange, a little girl appeared out of the darkness along the shoulder of the road, nearly naked. It appeared that she was waving as if trying to hail down passing cars. The horror of this scene is that no one stopped! Two days later, the girl's body was found in a ditch miles away, raped and strangled. Mesmerized Motorists. Police now theorize the drivers witnessed a momentary break for freedom - a last, desperate plea for help by 10-year-old Carmen Colon, who had been kidnapped from her Rochester home. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library