Maria Besedin Raped On G Train As Subway Attendant Looks On
9 April 2009, 5:00 PM. By Alex Alvarez
Maria Besedin was assaulted and raped while riding the G train in Queens. She ran out at the 21st Street - Van Alt station and attempted to run up a staircase to alert the booth attendant as her attacker raced after her.
She eventually caught the attention of the booth attendant as her assailant grabbed her by the neck and pulled her back on the stairs. The attendant alerted police, but did not step out of his booth or tried to otherwise intervene in the rape - a decision which has prompted criticism from some.
The MTA, however, is defending his actions by saying that their employees are not instructed nor equipped to handle crimes or medical emergencies and are only trained and expected to alert law enforcement of medical professionals in cases of emergency.
We always wonder what prompts people to either step in or ignore things that happen in the subway, or other public places. In this particular case, it wasn’t as if he thought someone else would step in and take care of the situation (other than, obvs, the police that he called).
What do you think of the booth attendant’s decision? What would you have done?
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This is disgusting. Even if I were told that I’m not “equipped” to handle stuff like that, I can’t imagine myself not jumping out and trying my best to beat the shit out of the assailant. But that’s just me, I guess. I mean, there are such things as weapons of opportunity, the guy obvs had a phone in there, he could have hit him with that, or a computer keyboard, or anything!
Hit him with his phone? Really? Come out yelling with a computer keyboard? Not sure it’s better than nothing.
That piece of shit! He could’ve done something else other than sit in the damn booth. Seriously I cannot fathom how anyone can do nothing. Unbelievable.
alright i have to weigh in on this because i LIVE off the G train ( i know, i know but the rent’s cheap) and I frequent this very station everyday. i, on a very logical level, understand the on-the-books-policy of staying in the booth and calling for help, but i also understand that, on a HUMAN level, life doesn’t happen on-the-books, it happens EN VIVO. you call the cops, bust out the booth and do everything you can to stop it.
duh.
So I took self-defense classes a while back and one of the things they told us was if we witnessed a crime, not to get involved directly. Yell, call for help, etc. I guess the idea was that you don’t want to become a victim yourself. So I’m surprised to hear this is taught other places as well. I don’t know if the guy was armed or not, but it seems like there had to be something the person could have done that would have kept them safe without leaving the poor woman helpless. Thrown something, yelled for other people to come help if they didn’t think they could take the assailant on alone… I can’t imagine the guilt the attendant must feel.
Yeah, he could have yelled, thrown something, but how fast and heavy is the bus? with others on it, and no doupt one coming behind him? Sometimes it is a hard choice to pick safety for all, or all die!