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Would you take a life to save a life?

Don’t think, please. Act.

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Would you take a life to save a life?

You need to choose — now.

You approach the intersection at approximately 4 a.m. You’ve been to a show. You’ve had a few drinks. You’re driving home.

What if you weren’t sure? What if you couldn’t know?

Red light. You scan the quiet street. There’s a bus shelter up ahead. Outside, a woman looks at her phone. A man looms nearby.

If you act, you might kill someone. If you don’t, you might let someone die. But you can’t know, you won’t know, until after you act.

In an instant, he attacks. He knocks her to the ground. He kicks her. She gets up. Is that a knife? She’s screaming now. She’s running into the road.

What you do next will change your life. It will change several lives. In an instant, you have to decide.

On June 7, 2017, Anthony James Kiss made his choice. He accelerated into a west Toronto intersection and struck and killed Dario Romero as he ran across Eglinton Avenue. Police eventually charged Kiss with manslaughter and impaired driving causing death for his decision. his legal case continues to drag on; a lawyer appeared in court on his behalf last week.