Man rescues hijab-wearing woman in SkyTrain attack

tried to grab my head and shove it to his crotch.”

Fadel said that as other passengers sat or stood passively, “out of nowhere” the man hit her.

“And everyone watched as he did so. Everyone stayed seated and did not utter a word, but one man,” she continued. “One guy, just like me on his way home from work, got up and pushed the guy away and stayed in front of me until the man got off at Vancouver City Centre.”

That “guy” is Taylor, 21, originally from Nelson, B.C., but now living in Vancouver, working as a cook and playing rugby. since been shared more than 5,600 times and garnered thousands of comments.

She said she’s received messages of support from all over the world and that while she was initially shocked that so few people on the train seemed to care, she doesn’t feel alone in the aftermath.

“You can’t really blame people (for feeling cautious),” she said.

“They see so much in the media … It’s a new day; I’m not going to waste my day feeling sorry for myself.”

Her message: “Be kind to one another.”

“I just hope that everyone can look at this event

He took another train to Vancouver International Airport, where he was arrested without incident with the assistance of the RCMP.

“We would like to thank and commend the gentleman who intervened in this incident and came to the aid of the woman. He put his own safety at risk and stopped what might have become an even more serious situation,” Drennan said.

Simon Fraser University psychology professor Michael Schmitt said research has shown that in such situations, people are often hesitant to intervene not because they lack goodwill, but because they’re unsure of what the situation is and whose responsibility it is to intervene. They also fear for their own safety.

“In this incident, we don’t know much about how it all played out and I think it’s important to note that someone did intervene,” he said Wednesday. “If there is only one person present, they know there’s no one else there to help and they are the only one judging whether it’s an actual emergency.”

There’s no doubt, though, that when more people move to intervene, even by raising their voices in opposition to the attacker, “it sends a message to the whole community about what we find unacceptable. It changes people’s behaviour and it changes people’s attitudes and there is good psychological evidence for that.” February hearing. Outside court, Teresa’s mother said the boy’s guilty plea would bring her some closure.

“All he kept saying was that he didn’t ... do that, he wouldn’t do that,” Sandra Robinson said.

She said she hasn’t yet turned her mind to what she wants to tell her daughter’s killer when given a chance.

“I haven’t even thought about that,” she said.

Teresa was very well-liked in her community, Robinson said. “She was outgoing, fun to be around. Everybody loved her. She was a little girl. She was my baby.”