Poor Old Man Falls in the Snow and Passers-by Ignore Him, Loses Memory Shortly After – Story of the Day

A young girl refused to believe that the old man she’d found unconscious in the snow was a homeless old drunk.

The strings that hold us to our place in the world are fragile and easily broken. One tug and we spin free, we fall, and we become strangers even to ourselves. That is what happened to Jeremy Ross, 78.

Jeremy Ross had reached a time in his life when he slept little. His health issues tormented him with twinges of pain, and his only remaining pleasure was his long walks. One day, he didn’t come back, and no one knew where he was.

That afternoon, Jeremy had a doctor’s appointment at the hospital with his rheumatologist, all the away across town from his apartment, and afterward, he took one of his long walks.

There was a park nearby, and Jeremy bought a small packet of corn to feed the pigeons that were scratching through the snow, searching for something to eat. He sat on a park bench and scattered the grains on the ground.

He chuckled to himself as the pigeons milled around his feet, their wings whirring as they fought over the corn. Then the light grew so bright, and the sounds so loud, and Jeremy felt himself falling, and it all faded into that pristine white snow.

As Jeremy laid unconscious in the snow, birdseed scattered around him, people hurried by and quickly looked away. An old man lying in the snow was something they’d rather not get involved with.

Later a group of teens walked by and saw him there, sprawled helplessly on the ground. They walked over and one of them poked him with a disdainful foot. Then a boy crouched down near Jeremy, but not to check on his well-being.

The boy ran rough hands through Jeremy’s pockets and quickly took out his wallet and his cell phone. He looked at the device with disdain. “This piece of trash belongs in a museum!” he cried, then he threw it on the ground and ground his foot onto it.