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Show Open letter Assist asked, help refused The Springville Herald welcomes wel-comes letters from its readers. All letters to the editor shoud be concise, non-slanderous and be signed by the writer. Views expressed are those of the writer and may or many not reflect that of this paper. On Friday, Memorial Day, our family was preparing to spend the wekend at the Diamond Dia-mond Campground in Diamond Fork Canyon. About 9 p.m. our 12 year-old was sitting up at the sign waiting for the lest of the family. When it began to grow dark and cool he started down to camp. In crossing the cattle guard his foot slipped through the rails and his leg was badly cut. He picked himself up and started back to camp. He was met by his little sister sis-ter who could see he was hurt. At the bottom of the hill were some people reading the signs or getting their entrance envelopes. en-velopes. Our daughter asked them for help, for her brother wa: hurt. They didn't bother to see if he was hurt or to even answer her. It they had even looked they could have seen he was bleeding profusely. After being refused once they didn't ask for help again although it was almost al-most y2 mile back to camp. By the time they did make it back tc the camp she was almost al-most carrying him, he was so weak from loss of blood. Later at the Payson Hospital 40 stitches were required to close the gaping wound in his leg. I have heard of people refusing refus-ing to help adults because they didn't want to get involved, but a child? What are we becoming when a child is hurt and asks for help and is ignored. The next day, hearing a little boy had been hurt, Mrs. Amnion Am-nion Throckmorton of Payson, came over to our camp to see if there was anything she could do to help. She offered us the use of their chaise lounge so our son could be more comfortable. comfor-table. Completely trusting us to return it to her after we returned re-turned home. Whey aren't there more people like Mrs. Throckmorton ? We spoke to the Ranger and they have assured us every effort ef-fort will be made to find a way to erect cattle guards so there will be no more accidents of this kind. I shudder to think of how bad it would have been if it had been a smaller child whose leg went through those rails. We want to thank Dr. Tom Judd for his willingness and promptness in helping our son, For the emergency room nurse and the doctors kindness to him through it all. Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Johnson, John-son, Springville |