Two men who were trying to flee the guerrilla warfare in Guatemala in the 1980s were shot and wounded by a group of militia. They were rescued and given medical treatment by a Red Cross doctor named Dr. Benjamin So-So.
Joseph Kallinger's crimes were super random and disorganized at the beginning. He would ignore large amounts of money and personal belongings while breaking into people's houses.
Joe encounters a stranger in the desert who seems lost or in trouble, and follows him to offer assistance.
A man in a Volkswagen Beetle goes to check out the snow line but ends up getting stuck. He decides to leave his car running with the heater on and take time to gather himself.
The speaker and his friend witnessed a man commit suicide by jumping off the 30th floor balcony during what seemed like the end of a domestic dispute, leaving them both panicked and frozen with shock.