Sasha, don't beat yourself up over it. You probably would have been sued for molestation.
This reminds me of an experience I had, which by chance had a different outcome.
I grew up in a small town in Hawaii, but visited New York City at age 12. We had just been to the Statue of Liberty, and were walking through a seedy neighborhood (this was 1974). There was a drunk passed out on the sidewalk, and our hosts and my family stepped over or around him.
There was a woman walking alone a ways behind us, and when she got to the drunk guy she called out to us, "Come help me get him up!" So we went back and helped her, and she took him to a Mission.
There are many good things and good people in this world, and the bad times are reminders of what we need to do.