And then...
As we were leaving the bar, we noticed a man who was lying face down on the sidewalk. We were trying to figure out if he was homeless, but then we realized that he wasn't: new shoes, casually well-dressed, etc. Some other people were wandering by, and just kept walking - so that was also making us thing that he might possibly be a regular. Well, since the temp really took a dip last night - and this was around 2:00am already - we went over to him to try to wake him up. We couldn't tell if he was drunk, stoned or had even possible been mugged and left for dead, but we could tell that something was off.
I realized that he still had his wallet on him, so I took it out and checked his IDs - and also to see if he had any sort of medical card on him. -Maybe he was diabetic? had epilepsy? From what I could tell, he lived in Virginia and he worked for one of the airlines. I guess he's a pilot. He did start to stir every now and then, and tried to say something, but it was all unintelligible. He started to "point" to his front pocket, so I reached in and found his iPhone. I checked his recent call log, and did call the last person he had called - which had just occurred an hour and a half before - but I got an answering machine. Then he kept "pointing"... "Are you OK, Stephen?" Then he grabbed my hand. -That was the "pointing".
By that time, my friend had called 911, and a few minutes later a firetruck pulled up, along with a cruiser and finally an ambulance. The police asked us if we knew him - we didn't - and they just said he was "taking a nap" - and that they would take care of him from there. I tried to leave my card for "him", but I didn't have one on me. So... We hailed a cab and headed back uptown. At least, as the cab pulled away, the cops had him on his feet and were helping him into the ambulance.
