Rescues show caring nature of passers-by

GUANGZHOU - While the news that a 2-year-old girl had been run over twice in Foshan and then ignored by at least 18 passers-by was shocking the country, people in Guangdong province were saying that behavior was not typical of them.

On Wednesday, a 20-month-old boy was also knocked down by a car that had been moving in reverse at a bazaar in Foshan, the same city where the girl had been hit, according to Guangzhou Daily. In the boy's case, though, he was not left to fend for himself after the accident but instead was quickly aided by a group of passers-by who helped to stop the vehicle that had hit him. They then called for his mother.

The boy's mother, whose surname is Zhao, said she is grateful to the people who saved her son.

"My son might have been killed without the help of these kind-hearted people," said Zhao, who sells vegetable at the bazaar.