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Wrongly accused and guilty for not able to save a life
Throwaway for obvious reasons because I don’t want this linked to my main account. This is going to be a long post. I really need some advice and vent because my life feels like it is falling apart over a wronged accusation and also feeling guilty for being so panicked and slow in rendering help to a distressed young lady.
Few nights ago, I was otw from grab delivery at a strata mall around 11+ pm. I won't disclose which mall exactly but the old one with the dark and ulu carpark in central location. The place was almost basically empty at that time. Then I heard someone making some cries like struggling in distress from one of the corners near the ramp.
I went over to check and saw this very young lady slumped against a pillar. She looked like she was fainting and her body leaning against the pillar. Her whole face was pale, eyes almost going to close, and she was making these gasping noises.
I thought she was choking on something or couldn't catch her breath. Then her hands were trying to pull down the zip of jacket because the jacket was too tight or like she is suffocating. Stupid me, I panicked. I didn’t think, I just reacted and tried to peel the jacket off her so she could breathe better, and didn’t realise she was in gym outfit wearing cropped active wear top. I was so frantic that I probably looked like a madman.
She was trying to say something but it was all muffled and a lot of wheezing sounds. It took me few minutes to realise she was actually asking for inhaler. By the time it clicked that it was an asthma attack, her lips already turned super white and blanked out. I grabbed her bag and started pouring everything out on the floor like a complete idiot. Makeup, wallet, keys everywhere, but I couldn’t find the damn inhaler. Stupid me, her gym towel actually covered the inhaler on the floor, and I didn’t checked properly. I was fumbling so hard because my hands were trembling. Just as I was trying to hold her up, another lady probably heard the commotion and came around the corner. She immediately started screaming at me. I could understand because she saw my hands hovering over her in her active workout crop top and shorts (gym attire), the jacket on the floor, and her personal belongings scattered across the floor.
I tried to explain she is having medical emergency, but the lady just kept shouting that she saw what I was doing. Ambulance came and they took her to the hospital.
I heard that she is currently still in the ICU, and her condition remained very critical. I feel like absolute trash. If I hadn't wasted those minutes being confused and actually found the inhaler, which is actually beneath her pink gym towel, she wouldn't be in this state. The witness is insisting I was trying to molest her or take advantage of her, but luckily they reviewed some cctv footage and believe my words. Nonetheless, need wait for the lady to wake up to corroborate everything.
I am so worried for her as she so young in 20s. I really hope she wakes up soon. If anything happens to her, I don't know how I am going to live with the guilt, and also the fact that I might get accused for something I didn't do, and she can help clear my name if she wakes up. I really just wanted to help, I never intended for any of this to happen.
