September 16, 2007

  • I am a man affiliated with heroes.

    For example, yesterday, my fraternity brother saved a woman from being raped. Apparently, at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 15, 2007, a friend of his and he were hanging out in his apartment. He lives across from the pool and the laundry room. They heard screaming and saw a man trying to force a woman wearing a bikini top into the laundry room, apparently to rape her. They ran toward the room and were able to chase the man off, but they could not catch him. When they returned to the woman, they could see swelling from where she had been hit, and her arms were bruising from where the man had a hold of her. They stayed with her as they called the police and some of her family and friends.

    However, once the police came, different eyewitness reports conflicted, from a white ribbed tank top and denim shorts to a black ribbed tank top and board shorts. So it remains to be seen if the police will be able to catch the perpetrator.

    All in all, it is a reminder that we all need to be more careful. This happened in broad daylight. It was not late at night when most people believe it is more dangerous. Even I feel less comfortable going to an ATM machine late a night. It is too bad that people are willing to victimize others. We need to be more vigilant for ourselves and others because of it.