{"id":10549,"date":"2015-10-12T06:59:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T06:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=10549"},"modified":"2015-10-12T06:59:54","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T06:59:54","slug":"bus-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/bus-attack","title":{"rendered":"A Woman Who Was Assaulted In A Bus Wants To Find the Man Who Defended Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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She <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was recently groped on a bus, a common crime that often goes unreported. She moved away from the attacker, but a Good Samaritan she described as <em>&#8220;the tall, dark, and dapper one with the beard\u201d<\/em> spoke up.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>He confronted the attacker<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The man demanded to know what the attacker was doing and told him <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;She could be your sister. She is someone&#8217;s sister.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0At the time, Regehr did not say anything. But she later posted a thank you note on<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kaitlyn.regehr1\/posts\/10100461796923286:0\" target=\"_blank\"> her Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, accompanied by a picture of her holding a thank you sign, that has been shared over 80,000 times and has gotten over 149,000 likes.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10551\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10551\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/imrs.jpeg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/imrs.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/imrs-600x403.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/imrs-85x57.jpeg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.washingtonpost.com\/wp-apps\/imrs.php?src=https:\/\/img.washingtonpost.com\/rf\/image_908w\/2010-2019\/Wires\/Images\/2014-10-28\/Reuters\/2014-10-29T002835Z_01_SRR108_RTRIDSP_3_WOMEN-POLL-LATAM.jpg&amp;w=1484\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>She wants to find him and thank him in person<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the post she wrote: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThank you for saying something when that man grabbed me. Thank you for insisting that it was not acceptable. Most of all, thank you for asking him about the women in his life, his mother, his sister&#8230; in doing so you made me a person. You made us a community.<\/p>\n<p>I thank you not just because you stood up for me, or because you made me feel safe, but because on your transit home &#8211; in this big, potentially anonymous city &#8211; you humanised assault. You didn&#8217;t turn away. You took a stand. You said something. Because you were right. I am someone&#8217;s sister. We all are. And us kids should all stand up for each other.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The little blond chick in the hat on the 207 towards Acton.<\/p>\n<p>Please, let&#8217;s all endeavour to &#8220;say something&#8221;, please share, and please help me find this awesome dude so I can buy him a pint!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10552\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10552\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Kaitlyn-Regehr.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Kaitlyn-Regehr.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Kaitlyn-Regehr-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Kaitlyn-Regehr-601x600.jpg 601w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Kaitlyn-Regehr-600x599.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Kaitlyn-Regehr-85x85.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i4.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article6600422.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/Kaitlyn-Regehr.png\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/ghana-widows\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0A Woman Is Saving Ghana\u2019s Widows From Enduring Humiliation.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman&#8217;s request to find the man who defended her has gone viral. 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