Warbler said:

I'd like to think I'd do something. It would certainly be the right thing to do. But I do know what I'd really do.

I've gone to Philly(and couple of times to NY) and seen homeless people on the street and did nothing(of course I do give to charities that help the homeless). How do I know any of them weren't sick or dying and need of medical attention? Maybe you've never been in a big city and walked by and saw a homeless person it is easy to say you'd do something until you are in the situation. I confess there is an instinct in me that says "I don't want anything to do with this situation". I hope I would do something, but I'm going to put myself above these people that just walked by. Perhaps, I'm just as bad as they are. I don't know.

I know for a fact that walking down the streets of Portland, Seattle, and Tacoma I've probably passed literally hundreds of homeless people who may have been dead/dying.

I doubt that they were, and didn't think they were at the time, assuming they were sleeping, but I just kept walking.