What follows is a youtube video of people along the beach who see a young boy drowning. Instinct seems to take over and they collect to make a chain to save the boys life. Money, status, nation or sectarian belief play little if any role in this moment.
In our discussions of religion and politics, this part of ourselves is what we have forgotten. There is yet hope for our species if we can but remember.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VorMfyO5oJg&feature=player_embedded#!