The Art of Jaywalking — Day 4

Genre: Drama

Protagonist: Jay Columbus, 28 year old male, native New Yorker

Plot: Radio shock-jock Jay Columbus makes his living scolding bad New Yorkers. As a native Manhattanite he knows—better than you—how to properly jaywalk, navigate a crowded sidewalk, and how NOT to overpay for a slice of pizza or a cart hot dog. Each day he shares fascinating insights about the pulse and inner-forces of Gotham with his rabidly devoted listeners, while pouring his derision on that class of person that is lowest on the street-wise totem pole: the tourist. 

One day, while jaywalking through an intersection against a don't walk sign, an oblivious female tourist follows Jay's lead, but several paces behind. A car horn honks and the tires screech as a yellow cab plows through the intersection, hitting the young woman at high speed and sending her flying. Jay spins on his heels, and steps back into the intersection he just crossed to help, only to be struck by a delivery truck and knocked unconscious himself. 

Jay awakes to find out that the woman who followed him into the street is dead, and he is severely injured.  Although his doctors are doubtful he'll ever walk again, a physical therapist named Karen takes a special interest in Jay, and tells him he doesn't have a choice in the matter. He will walk. As the romantic spark grows between them, so too does Jay's self-loathing and anger at himself for his arrogance, and the loss of life it lead to. Even if he learns to walk again, can he make-right for the pain he has caused? The outcome is uncertain, but with Karen cheering him on, Jay fights for his rehabilitation: physical, emotional and spiritual.