That is just odd. I remember in school they tell you about this famous case where this women was being attacked (I think stabbed) outside her apartment in NYC (I think) a long time ago and she was making a bunch of noise and obviously people were aware but nobody did anything and she ended up dying. Can't remember her name but its a well known story. They argue that some were just scared to help and also that people just assumed that someone else would do something. BTW I may have totally butchered that story but its something like that.

But this, there's nothing (a guy with a knife for example) to scare away somebody from helping. Just odd.

On a side note my dad was born in Hartford. Not that it matters.