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Cela s'est passé il y a quelques jours.
It happened a few days ago.
Vers 21 heures 30, un célèbre photographe de 84 ans, René Robert, marchait tranquillement dans la rue près de chez lui, vers République à Paris.
Around 9:30 p.m., a famous 84-year-old photographer, René Robert, was walking quietly down the street near his home, towards République in Paris.
Quand soudain, il est tombé, comme cela peut arriver à cet âge-.
When suddenly he fell, as can happen at that age.
Il a perdu connaissance et il est resté sur le pavé.
He lost consciousness and he remained on the pavement.
Il est resté inconscient au sol, plusieurs secondes, plusieurs minutes, plusieurs heures, sans que personne ne s'arrête pour lui venir en aide.
He remained there unconscious on the ground, for several seconds, several minutes, several hours, without anyone stopping to help him.
Une heure, deux heures, trois heures, neuf heures.
One hour, two hours, three hours, nine hours.
Cet homme âgé est resté allongé au sol avec un traumatisme crânien et du sang autour de sa tête pendant neuf heures.
This elderly man was lying on the ground with a traumatic brain injury and blood around his head for nine hours.
Inconscient, en plein Paris, dans un quartier très animé, sans que personne ne se penche sur lui.
Unconscious, in the middle of Paris, in a very lively district, without anyone leaning on him.
Sans que personne ne l'aide, sans que personne n'appelle les secours.
Without anyone helping him, without anyone calling for help.
Et cette inaction l'a tué.
And that inaction killed him.
René Robert, qui aurait peut-être pu être sauvé, est décédé en état avancé d'hypothermie.
René Robert, who might have been saved, died in an advanced state of hypothermia.
Comble de cette histoire, c'est un SDF qui le premier s'est penché sur lui, et a appelé les pompiers.
The greatest irony is that it was a homeless man who first looked at him and called the fire department.
Ceci n'est pas un fait divers, c'est un fait de société.
This is not a news item, it is a social reality.
Et c'est un fait tragique pour la personne concernée et son entourage.
And it is a tragic fact for the person concerned and his entourage.
Et tragique pour ce qu'elle raconte de notre société.
And it is tragic for what it tells about our society.
Une société indifférente d'abord : car ce genre d'histoires ne nous émeut même plus.
First of all, an indifferent society: because these kinds of stories don't even move us anymore.
D'ailleurs, elle n'aurait jamais été médiatisée si le défunt n'avait pas été un célèbre photographe.
Besides, it would never have been publicized if the deceased had not been a famous photographer.
France Info a donné la parole à l'un de ses amis, qui lui a rendu un hommage bouleversant et a posé LA question que soulève ce drame.
France Info gave the floor to one of his friends, who paid him a moving tribute and asked THE question raised by this tragedy.
- Est-ce que je suis sûr à 100%, que si j'avais été confronté à cette scène d'un homme au sol, je me serais arrêté ?
- Am I 100% sure that if I had been confronted with this scene of a man on the ground, I would have stopped?
Je ne me suis donc jamais détourné d'un SDF, que je vois couché dans une porte cochère ?
Have I never turned away from a homeless person, whom I see lying in a gateway door entrance?
De ne pas pouvoir être sûr à 100% est une douleur térébrante qui me hante.
Not being able to be 100% sure is a boring pain that haunts me.
Après, nous sommes pressés, nous avons peur, nous avons nos vies, et puis nous détournons le regard.
You are in a hurry, you are afraid, you have your own life, and then you look away.
Et ce que dit cette tragique fin de vie est une chose totalement hideuse sur notre comportement et sur notre solidarité vis-à-vis du prochain.
And what this tragic end of life says is a totally hideous thing about our behavior and our solidarity with others.
- Le malaise est .
- The malaise is there.
Moi non plus, je ne suis pas sûre à 100% que je me serais arrêtée.
I am not 100% sure that I would have stopped either.
Car à Paris, il y a tant de sans-abris que nous croisons tous les jours, dans le métro, dans la rue ou devant les commerces, qu'ils font presque partie du paysage urbain.
Because in Paris, there are so many homeless people that you meet every day, in the metro, in the street or in front of shops, that they are almost part of the urban landscape.
Il n'est pas rare de voir d'autres humains, emmitouflés dans des habits crasseux, allongés au sol, et de s'auto-convaincre qu'ils sont en train de dormir.
It is not uncommon to see other humans, bundled up in filthy clothes, lying on the ground, and to convince yourself that they are sleeping.
Personnellement, je ne donne pas à tous les SDF, j'en ignore même certains.
Personally, I don't give to all the homeless, I even ignore some.
Parce que la vérité, c'est que cette misère et cette détresse me gênent.
Because the truth is that this misery and this despair make me feel uncomfortable.
Plutôt fermer les yeux que de ressentir cette impuissance.
Rather close your eyes than feel this helplessness.
Ce désagréable sentiment de culpabilité qui rend malheureux.
This unpleasant feeling of guilt that makes you unhappy.
Et cela, c'est le signe que notre système est malade d'individualisme.
And that is a sign that our system is sick with individualism.
Nous sommes anesthésiés face à la souffrance d'autrui.
We are numb to the suffering of others.
Ce constat est vertigineux, voire odieux.
This observation is dizzying, even odious.
Seulement, ce drame est pour nous rappeler qu'on ne peut pas rester éternellement indifférents.
Yet this drama is there to remind us that we cannot remain indifferent forever.
Parce que tôt ou tard, ces tragédies nous rattrapent.
Because sooner or later, these tragedies catch up with us.
On en est témoins, elles nous touchent par le biais d'un proche, ou d'un proche de proche.
We witness them, they touch us through a relative or the relative of a relative.
Cette descente aux enfers peut même nous frapper personnellement.
This descent into hell can even hit us personally.
Et à ce moment-, l'égoïsme du monde nous foudroie.
And at that moment, the selfishness of the world overwhelms us.
Mais il est trop tard pour le dénoncer, parce qu'on est déjà du mauvais côté.
But it's too late to denounce it, because we're already on the wrong side.
Du côté de ceux qui ne sont rien, du côté des invisibles.
On the side of those who are nothing, on the side of the invisible.
Du côté de ceux dont la mort ne fera jamais les titres des journaux.
On the side of those whose death will never make the headlines.
Et cette vidéo n'est pas un plaidoyer, ce n'est ni une tribune, ni un coup de gueule.
And this video is not a plea, it is neither a platform nor a rant.
C'est une vidéo d'information.
This is an informational video.
Mardi 25 janvier 2022, un homme est mort sur le pavé dans l'indifférence des passants.
On Tuesday January 25, 2022, a man died on the pavement in the indifference of passers-by.
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What a Paris tragedy says about our society

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Source: BLAST, Le souffle de l'info, Youtube, 29 Jan 2022

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