The Bystander Effect

One of my first experiences of "The Bystander Effect", I was shocked, not only the situation, but with the witnesses that did nothing. As I came out of my Grandmothers home there was two young teens fighting in the middle of the street. I saw about twenty people  just standing around and watching. The ages varied from teens to middle aged folk. The two girls were fighting head to head and then they were on the ground, while one girl slammed the other girls head into the pavement. All I could think to myself was she is going to die right in front of all these people. I ran and yelled stop fighting, and the crowed got angry at me. They did not want the fight to stop until they saw blood or someone was getting hauled of to jail. Most of them I could tell wanted to stop it but was to afraid. I know if it was just them and no other Bystanders they would have stopped it. This has a very dangerous effect on people.