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bijouxbroussard · F
I was mugged in broad daylight 40 years ago. There are many ways one might imagine they’d react, but I had no real idea until it happened.
The person knocked me off my feet, trying to get my purse, and the strap was wrapped around my arm so he dragged me until it came loose.I think I was too shocked to even scream.
What I couldn’t have imagined was what other people would do.
A mail carrier chased the guy, yelling at him, a woman in a Volkswagen tried to hit him with her car, and an elderly couple ran over to me, helped me up and waited with me until the police arrived.
What changed for me is, I stopped carrying large purses, and I try never to be unaware of my surroundings when I’m out and about. I’m not enmeshed in my phone, I don’t listen to music when I’m walking.
The person knocked me off my feet, trying to get my purse, and the strap was wrapped around my arm so he dragged me until it came loose.I think I was too shocked to even scream.
What I couldn’t have imagined was what other people would do.
A mail carrier chased the guy, yelling at him, a woman in a Volkswagen tried to hit him with her car, and an elderly couple ran over to me, helped me up and waited with me until the police arrived.
What changed for me is, I stopped carrying large purses, and I try never to be unaware of my surroundings when I’m out and about. I’m not enmeshed in my phone, I don’t listen to music when I’m walking.
