Alone at the time of danger

The article, "Alone at the time of danger" is about Japanese people who overlook other people’s trouble. Peter Sidell, the author of this article, introduces two incidents.

One is which happened in Kawaguchi City in Saitama prefecture. Young woman was murdered and died. Her neighbor heard a loud bang and her screaming. Body was found two days later by her coworker who got worried about her. However the neighbor did not do anything when he had heard the loud bang and her screaming. If the man had called the police or did something in the first place she might had been survived.

The other one is about a woman who had been molested in a crowded train and dragged away to the toilet and got raped. All the people who were there with them did not help the woman or called the police at all. They just stood there and watched.

He is using these two facts as his authorities. Also he is using emotions and trying to tell the readers that people have to protect themselves by their own. However he does not mentioned about his own experience in that kind of situation so this article is not clear.