Guess I'll add my story here....many years ago I was walking past a clothing store in a strip shopping mall. All the sudden, the doors flew open and I was run over by two women with arms full of jeans still on hangers. I got up off the ground, saw them climb into a waiting car, and as they pulled away, I stepped out into the lane. Due to traffic, they were unable to make a real fast get away. I got their license plate number, went in the store, told the clerks/manager what I had seen (they had no idea...when they checked, a rack at the front of the store was completely empty!!) Several days past, and I got a call from a local detective at the police department. He brought me mug shots to identify...I was able to identify two of the women, but not the third driving the car. After I identified them, he told me that my quick thinking had led the police to a house on the edge of town that was the staging area for a very large jeans theft ring that had been in operation for several months in the area. Many stores had lost thousands of dollars to these thieves. He said they would cart the jeans down to Mexico where they sold them at a substantial "profit". My getting the license plate number was the first break they had had in the case. When the police staged their raid on the house, they not only found hundreds of pairs of jeans, but (yea, you guessed it) a large cache of drugs. I later found out my identification of the two women, who where the "master-minds" of the thefts, were sentenced to several years in jail. The large theft ring was destroyed.....
One never knows the results of seemingly small actions. Why did I park my car at that end of the shopping center that day??? (not where I usually parked), and why, in a moment of "bravery" (or maybe foolishness) did I jump out into the driving lane and get the plate number?? They could have had a gun, ya know!!!
But I did what I did without thinking about it...just acted on what seemed the thing to do....and the results....well....quite large.
Right place, right time???