It was just a normal weekday morning when 31-year-old Tiffany Phommathep dropped her children off at Rancho Tehama Elementary School. But the mother of three's routine was anything but when 44-year-old Kevin Neal opened fire on the small, rural community in Northern California, just steps from where Phommathep was sitting in her car.

After seeing Neal approaching, she quickly threw herself over her 10-year-old son, John Jr., who was sitting in the passenger seat. Using her body as a shield, she was shot five times, four in her back left shoulder and once in her hip. And somehow, she found the strength to drive away.

"I just kept on praying that he'd go away because I can't take another bullet," she said. "I knew I wouldn't make it."

With her other two sons in the backseat, Phommathep sped to a nearby gas station and screamed for help.

"I found some more strength to open my window, my door and I hopped out to her and asked her, 'Can you help? I'm shot, I'm dying and my kids are in the car,'" she said. "She said she couldn't help me because she only had a two-seater and she was late for work. That hurt my heart a lot to hear her say that."

Phommathep had to drive several more miles before she was finally able to flag down a police car.

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What are your thoughts on the woman who would not help?

Are we obligated to help a person or not? Should she face legal action for not doing something to help?

Would you have helped her?

I thought this woman’s inaction would make an interesting discussion for CC.