"HELP HIM UP!": A WITNESS'S ACCOUNT OF PANIC ON A SUBWAY PLATFORM PART A: Which statement best expresses the central idea of this article? A. When a normal commute home is interrupted, it can cause lifelong fear and anxiety for New York City residents. B. Some people will selflessly take extraordinary action to save people who are in danger because they feel responsible. C. After performing a heroic action, rescuers such as Capuzzo and Lindsey often become arrogant. D. New Yorkers rarely help each other or show concern when tragedy strikes.

B. Some people will selflessly take extraordinary action to save people who are in danger because they feel responsible.

Explanation:

In the "Witness Account of Panic on a Subway", Michael Wilson wrote about the one incident that he remembers about a man who was saved from an incoming train by two selfless men. The incident reveals the selfless deeds of some people who are willing enough to sacrifice their lives for the sake of helping others in times of need.

The brave acts of David Capuzzo and Chad Lindsey in their acts of saving those in need at crucial times reveals how some people are brave enough to selflessly take extraordinary action. They did it out of their feeling of responsibility, for the very thought of "if I don't, then who will?" forms the minds of the men. This sees to be the best expression of the text's central idea.

faulty parallelism is a construction in which two or more parts of a sentence are equivalent in meaning but not grammatically similar in form.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

the problem is the last sentence, the first two have a basic subject+verb+object structure.

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in all three sentences:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

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