I let my sister and my mother die.

I’ve just entered a burning house. And I’ve discovered three people lying together. Unconscious. Overcome by the smoke. The roof is about to collapse. I have an opportunity to pick up and save one victim. With the distinct possibility that I will be unable to return to rescue the others. The people are my 72-year-old mother. My 52-year-old sister. And an unrelated 12-year-old boy. I have to make a quick decision. With virtually no time to think about it. Whom do I save? I’m thinking that if I do the right thing, I save the 12-year-old boy. I let my sister and my mother die. –Jim Broede