Women are rightly terrified of NYC subways — but our fears are ignoredBy Nicole Gelinas
September 27, 2022
Claudine Roberts, Than Than Htwe, Michelle Go. All three were women, all were racial minorities, and all were viciously killed by strangers on the subway in the past two years.
In response to soaring violent crime underground since March 2020, women and girls, correctly fearful of riding the subway, have stayed off the trains if they can and adopted coping mechanisms if they can’t.
Claudine Roberts was stabbed to death on the A train in February 2021. Than Than Htwe was pulled down the stairs to her death in Union Square that July. Michelle Go was pushed under a Times Square train this January.
There’s also a litany of gruesome injuries, suffered by women just trying to get around town. This week, 33-year-old Elizabeth Gomes was commuting to her early-morning job at JFK when she was set upon by a crazed attacker she had tried to ignore while on the train.
We all know the feeling, trying to stay still and not draw attention while someone harasses us.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/09/27/women-are-rightly-terrified-of-nyc-subways-but-our-fears-are-ignored/
