CAPTION.
CREDIT

The drowning that took place in California is what happens when you have a bunch of lawyers and regulators running the country (“First Non-Responders,” Editorial, June 5).

You cannot even do “good” anymore.

We are drowning in a sea of regulation and law.

Seth Szold

New Fairfield, Conn.

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Have Californians become so blasé that they can watch a man drown as if a movie was being filmed?

It is bad enough that civilians stand around with their hands in their pockets — but police and firemen?

Their inaction was shameful both to themselves and their profession, and their reasons for their non-rescue are ludicrous.

I recall The Post’s coverage of a story about an NYPD cop who went into freezing water to save a dog trapped under a Hudson River pier (“NYPD Rescues Pooch From Hudson River,” Jan 7).

Life might be sweet in the Golden State, but apparently it is also cheap.

Steve Murphy

Holtsville