George Faust - They were thinking helping this man would cut into their busy day and that he might sue them if there was a possibility that they didn't do something just right to help him.

The first part is true. Stopping to help someone will cut into your busy day. The Good Samaritan had to sacrifice something to end up in the Bible. The second part is not true, because Alaska has a "good samaritan" law that protects people who try to help, but aren't experts in first response.

Also, I believe it is still a law here that motorists must stop for those in distress. Yeah, everybody has cell phones now ... except the one person who forgot to charge theirs, who breaks down in a coverage shadow or is unconscious in front of a church.

The less charitable view of this is that the man was a public inebriate and they would just as soon he die so they don't ever have to deal with him. I hope it was just sheer selfishness and not elitist bigotry.