A Welcoming and the Sick People of THE Apple of the World

Hello. I'm Erica and this is not my first blog entry but my first on BLOGSPOT. Yay! So this marks the day I beginning blogging about the issues (and stress) of stress and things that bother me.

No, I didn't just move to New York. I'm a citizen of New York; born and raised, thank you very much :)

I hope my perspective on the capital of the world would give different insights to other people out there.

A little bit about myself:

-I'm a student and I attend High School now. 10th grade. :D
-Born and raised in Brooklyn. Now I go to school everyday in the city.
-Aspiring art student at LaGuardia (the school, silly!)
-Searching for the truth. What is the truth? I'll tell you when I find out.
-I'm lazy and I swear I'll try to blog once a day. (right.)

So that's mostly what I'll tell you. Yes, that's it.

THE ACTUAL BLOG:

So I had to do a art homework for my teacher using text from te newspaper. OKay, I won't get into detail about that (I made a bear :D) and get to the point.

So I came across and article in the NY Daily News and thought it was interesting, so I read it.

And boy, did I start getting angry. And sad.

This poor woman, "Maria" (a fake name to cover her identity), was raped in the subway in Queens. QUEENS! That's a borough away from mine!

I know what you are thinking, so? Well she actualy got to the top of the stairs and saw the booth clerk. Guess what he did.

He stared at her and alerted the authorities.

You're probably thinking : "Isn't that good?" Of course it's good, except for one little detail.

He didn't get out of the booth to help her.

He didn't help her when she was being dragged back down those stairs. He didn't help her as she was screaming when the rapist took her.

He didn't help her! He just stared as this woman screamed for her life.

What a sick son of a bitch. I don't know someone who could just let a person get raped and NOT help them. This booth clerk must have one cold heart.

And that's not all that happened to this woman. The rapist held her over the tracks and threatened to drop her if she wouldn't stop screaming. Even a train passed by and NOBODY helped her.

My question is why?

WHY MTA? Why let a defenceless woman get raped when you know you COULD'VE stopped it? Dispicable.

And then when the police did come, what happened? THey chased the rapist away.... and the rapist GOT AWAY.

He got AWAY!!

OH. My. GOD. Epic fail.

And these are the motherfuckers DEMANDING (as in going on strike) to get a raise. HELL NO. They are getting WAY over their heads. If they think that we, citizens of New York, riders of the MTA, are going to let this slide, you are out of your mind, buddy.

That could've been me. I ride the subway to school everyday. THAT COULD'VE BEEN ME! That could've been a daughter, a mother, a wife. HOW DARE THEY THINK THEY DESERVE A RAISE WHEN THEY CAN'T LOOK OUT FOR THEY'RE RIDERS?!

I've had enough of this shit. I hope "Maria" wins her case. And I hope that booth clerk lives with this event clear in his mind, everyday of his life until he meets his end. And I hope they catch that sick fuck.

They should rethink their priorities before they get another raise, where the hard working taxpayers have to pay their ridiculous wage. And their motto is "Your safety is out first priority". Apparently it wasn't in this case. Shame on you MTA.

For more on this story go to: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2008/10/04/2008-10-04_woman_raped_in_queens_subway_forgives_at-2.html?page=0


Thanks for reading my first on Blogspot :D

-Erica