Make NYC Safe Again: Bat-Wielding Attacker Strikes Fear on Lower East Side

The truth is, right now in New York City, assaults and crimes are at an all-time high. The streets we walk every day — the places we live, work, and exist — are becoming more dangerous, and yet, this growing crisis is being brushed aside, left in the shadows. But not here.

In this special podcast series for Warrior of Truth, Kelly Dillon takes a hard look at the alarming rise in assaults against women in New York City — incidents that are all too often overlooked by city officials, police and the media. Through in-depth interviews with brave survivors, Kelly uncovers the painful truth about how their assaults were dismissed, ignored, or downplayed by those sworn to protect them. These women share their stories of fear, frustration, and the long-lasting impact of not being heard.

Kelly also explores the systemic failures that allow such violence to persist, examining how gaps in law enforcement, media coverage, and public attention contribute to a culture where women’s safety is neglected. This series sheds light on the human cost of this crisis and asks the crucial question: What can we do to demand real change?

By sharing these stories, we can create a ripple effect — a profound change in the way we approach women’s safety in our city. Because the time for silence is over. It’s time to take action, to face this truth head-on, and to fight for a future where every woman can feel safe.

In this episode, Kelly speaks with Ashley, who shares her harrowing encounter with a man wielding a baseball bat on NYC’s Lower East Side in broad daylight. Ashley recounts how she narrowly escaped an attack by running to a group of men for help, only for the assailant to turn on them with the same weapon. This alarming incident sheds light on the escalating assaults happening across the city. Kelly and Ashley discuss the urgency of raising awareness, and the growing concerns for public safety.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Worrier of Truth. I am your host, Kelly Dillon.
Now this week's episode, Actually, we're going to have two
episodes this week. This first one, I am talking to
another survivor of an attempted assault on the Lower East Side.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Now, I actually get a lot.

Speaker 1 (00:18):
Of messages from people who listen to the podcast, but
they're listening for one aspect of the podcast. Now, I
talk a lot about a lot of different topics on
my podcast series, because well it's mine.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
I'm allowed to.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
But I don't think some people realize, and I don't
think most people may realize all of the topics I'm
talking about are intertwined. The main topics I discussed are spirituality,
keylantic science, the science of spirituality, and creation.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Also, I talk to.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
A lot of survivors of trafficking and sexual and child abuse.
And also I talk to survivors of assaults and attacks
that are happening in New York City and now beyond
New York City. Now I get a lot of people saying, oh,
just focus on the spiritual stuff. I just want to
hear about keylontic science.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
That's not going to stop.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
Trust me, I have many, many, many more episodes planned
talking in depth about a lot of Keylontic science topics
and things I meant to teach in this lifetime.

Speaker 2 (01:23):
But what I want to.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
Share with you before I get into my interview this
week is that all of these topics I discuss on
this podcast are actually interconnected and interlinked. And when you're ready,
you too will see the bigger picture. You will see
how they are all connected. And essentially my podcast is

(01:45):
one of truth telling. Anyone I talk to or anything
I teach is one of truth telling. So there is
a common denominator with all the themes I discussed on
this podcast. But I just wanted to let you guys
know in case maybe you weren't aware already, that everything
is connected to the much bigger picture, and it's going

(02:06):
to make more sense as time goes forward and timeline
start playing out. I am meant to connect all these
pieces together and show the world or whoever wants to
watch or listen to me, just how these things are
all linked and connected. But I continue my investigation this
week talking to Ashley. There was a man who attempted

(02:31):
to attack her with a baseball bat, a child size
baseball bat on the lower East side in broad daylight.
Luckily there were people around. A group of men came
to her rescue, but then unfortunately that man also went
to attack them as they were helping her. Now, she
did not go to the police. She was so shaken up. Luckily,

(02:54):
she was not hurt or injured, and she just wanted
to go home. But she shared her story on tick
Talk and that's how I came into contact with her,
and she agreed to chat with me and come on
the podcast to share a detailed account of what happened
to her. So I'm so happy she is sharing her
story her experience with the world because to our knowledge,

(03:16):
this guy is still out there and could be attacking
others or attempting to assault others, could be definitely just
the Lower East Side, could be anywhere in Manhattan. So please,
please please be on high alert, and please share this
story if you're guided, if you're able to do so,
the more people that were able to spread awareness to

(03:36):
hopefully we can get this guy off the streets, because
he clearly is not safe to be on the streets
right now attacking poor innocent people. But again, this is
a common thread. If you've been watching listening to this podcast.

Speaker 2 (03:51):
For a while now.

Speaker 1 (03:53):
These assaults are on the rise the past few weeks
in particular, so many, so many people are reaching out
to me about being almost attacked or they were attacked.
So things are escalating. They're not going to slow down.
I can guarantee that I can see quite well into
the future. It's just gonna it's gonna grow, unfortunately, and

(04:13):
it's part of a much bigger issue.

Speaker 2 (04:16):
But we need to address it.

Speaker 1 (04:17):
And part of my mission is getting the truth out
there and collecting the evidence. All of these interviews are
evidence gathering, and I'm putting it out there in real time.
So obviously I want to help warn people and help
people stay safe while this timeline sort of plays out.

Speaker 3 (04:36):
But just know that.

Speaker 1 (04:40):
We are gonna make tremendous change. Change is coming, I promise.
Exposure is already happening. It's going to continue to happen
in many different ways. And all of these these themes
we're going to say are all interconnected and part of
the grand scheme and the bigger picture of exposure. So

(05:02):
these crime rates escalating in New York City and other
major cities, and not just cities all around the world.
These crime rates are out of control. These random attacks
and assaults are out of control.

Speaker 2 (05:14):
It is.

Speaker 1 (05:14):
It's all going to come to light, and we are
going to clean up this planet.

Speaker 2 (05:19):
Not just in New York City.

Speaker 1 (05:21):
That's kind of we you know, obviously I'm from the area,
so that's my focus point. But we're going to clean
up this planet and make it a beautiful safe space
again for all. So please, please, please, I urge you
to listen to this interview I did with Ashley to
hear her story and just stay on high alert. If
you're in New York City right now, a lot of
people are traveling visiting for the holidays. Please please, please,

(05:45):
just be careful, be aware of your surroundings. So, Ashley,
you were almost assaulted. It was an attempted assault on
the Lower east Side. When did this happen a couple
weeks ago at this point? Was it right before Thanksgiving?

Speaker 4 (06:00):
Yeah? It was right before Thanksgiving. It was on a Sunday.
It was about like two or three weeks ago. And yeah,
it was just like a regular Sunday during the day,
at like two or three in the afternoon.

Speaker 1 (06:14):
And this happened on the Lower east Side, correct.

Speaker 4 (06:17):
Yeah, on the Lower east Side, right near Bowery. Uh,
there's like a really big like Whole Foods around there,
so right in that area.

Speaker 1 (06:26):
Yeah, and what was the timeframe when this happened.

Speaker 3 (06:30):
It was during the day. It was like two or
three in the afternoon.

Speaker 1 (06:33):
Oh wow, so broad daylight this happened. Okay, so wow
wow wow.

Speaker 3 (06:38):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (06:39):
These these these criminals, will say, these assaulters, they're quite brazen.
A lot of these assaults are happening in broad daylight,
which is blowing me away.

Speaker 2 (06:47):
So walk me through what.

Speaker 1 (06:49):
Exactly happened to you this attempted assault?

Speaker 4 (06:53):
Yeah, yeah, So I was walking, Like I said, it
was just regular like in the afternoon, broad daylight. I luckily, like,
thank god, I like I've learned my lesson now, Like
I don't use headphones in the street anymore. After that,
I honestly, I think that is really what saves me

(07:14):
and helped me to react so quickly, was the fact
that I didn't have headphones in. I wasn't on my phone.
I was honestly just walking and yeah, all of a sudden,
I don't know, I was just walking down the street
and I kind of like I didn't notice the person
behind me. I don't know for how long he might

(07:34):
have been following me, because I never I didn't see
him until he was so close to me, So I
don't know if he was following me, maybe for like
a block, I'm not sure, but yeah, he like like so,
like I said, he had like a bat, like a
baseball bat, like a small one, like a kid's one,
but it was wooden obviously, I mean it's a weapon.

(07:58):
And so yeah, he was walking and all of a sudden,
like I just kind of like I started to notice
how he would get kind of close to me, like
maybe a few feet away, and then I would kind
of just like turn my head to the side a
little bit to not make it so obvious that I
was like looking behind me.

Speaker 3 (08:16):
And then I then I think that's when he.

Speaker 4 (08:18):
Would notice I was doing that, so he would kind
of like stray off a little bit and like walk
a little bit slower. And then so I noticed that
about like twice, and that's when I was like, okay, no,
Like I like was like, something's going on here.

Speaker 3 (08:32):
So yeah, so then I started walking, you know.

Speaker 4 (08:36):
Pretty quickly, and there were people on the street, so
it's not like it was a totally empty street. It
wasn't super super busy, but there were people, so I
kept walking really quickly, and then all of a sudden,
I noticed that he was right behind me, like to
the point where like if I extended my arm out
like I would probably be touching him, and so so

(09:00):
in that I like started to turn and I realized,
and obviously, you know, I jumped, and I saw he
had the bat like he was twirling it like this
like in the air and singing. He was like like
singing like some like humming kind of it was like
really just off.

Speaker 3 (09:19):
So I saw how he was like holding.

Speaker 4 (09:20):
It up in the air, and that's when, you know,
my body just literally went into like fight or.

Speaker 3 (09:25):
Flight and I just ran. So I ran into the street.

Speaker 4 (09:30):
I honestly, I didn't even think to look if there
were cars or anything.

Speaker 3 (09:34):
Luckily, there was no car passing in that moment.

Speaker 4 (09:36):
So I just ran into the street across the street,
and I'm like, as I'm running, I'm trying to like
spot someone that I can like ask for help. So
I saw this group. I got very lucky that I
saw this group of like maybe either like.

Speaker 3 (09:51):
Five or six guys.

Speaker 4 (09:52):
They looked like they were friends, and I went up
to them and obviously they saw how like I must
have been like pale, Like I was like clearly very startled,
and I said to him and I was like, can
you guys please help me.

Speaker 3 (10:06):
This guy's following behind me. He has a bat.

Speaker 4 (10:10):
And the guys were kind of they were like yeah,
like they told like they were honestly, they're so like
they really did save me, like they were so nice
to me, and they said they were like, yeah, just.

Speaker 3 (10:20):
Stay here with us.

Speaker 4 (10:22):
And in that moment, we're kind of looking around and
we didn't see the guys. So I think what happened
is maybe when he saw me go over to the guys,
he like maybe hid somewhere like either we're had a
car or around the block.

Speaker 3 (10:34):
I'm not sure.

Speaker 4 (10:36):
But then like maybe a minute later, he kind of
like came back and we saw him and he was
on the other side of the street and he comes
running towards us and he's like swinging the bat and
screaming things at us.

Speaker 3 (10:50):
And I said to the guys, I was like, what
do I do? What do we do?

Speaker 4 (10:53):
And they were like, just stay here, You're fine, and
they kind of like they put themselves in front of me,
and I was like behind them, and the guy he
like took the bat and went up to like the
guy that was closest to him and swung at him.

Speaker 3 (11:07):
Like luckily he didn't hit him. The guy kind of
like jumped.

Speaker 4 (11:10):
Back and missed it, but he actually did swing at him,
which is the thing, Like I he I didn't like
when I was walking before I saw the guys, he
didn't actually swing at me. I don't know if he
was just threatening me or either way, it's not okay,
but like it just goes to say, like they he

(11:32):
actually swung at these guys, like he really yeah, so
so yeah, they he started, you know, screaming things at us.
He swung, he swung the bat at him, and then
I when he when he like went to swing at them,
I again like just jumped and I ran to the
other side and one of the guys that was there

(11:54):
helping me caught up to me and he was like,
where are you going? I'll come with you, Like he
was really nice, and I was like, honestly, I don't
know where to go. I was like, I was going
to go to the train, but now I'm like really scared,
so I don't think I should take the train. And
so the guy was like, Okay, I'll go with you, Like,
let's just walk a few blocks. So we walked like
two blocks like in the other direction. His friends like

(12:16):
stayed back. I don't know what happened. I like, when
I ran, I think the guy kind of like went
in the other direction. I'm not totally sure exactly what happened,
but yeah, luckily the one guy that walked with me,
he was like, let's just walk in the other direction.
He walks with me for a little bit, and yeah,

(12:37):
and I just honestly I called an uber and just
got out of there because I was so scared to
like take the train or I was in the Lower
east Side and I live in Brooklyn. I was going home,
so I was way too scared to get on the
train or anything or just be in that area. In general,
I don't blame you. I would not take the train
after that. Absolutely not.

Speaker 1 (12:57):
Technically, that's an attempted felony. What this person and did,
what this man did to that the other man who
was protecting you, after he swung the back at that man,
did he just run off?

Speaker 2 (13:09):
Did he walk away? Do you know where this man went?
What direction?

Speaker 4 (13:14):
I think he ran back to like towards where he
was hiding. I honestly, I don't I don't remember, to
be honest because, like I think the indrenaline in me
in that moment, like as soon as I saw him swing,
I ran in the other direction, like I had my
back towards them at that point. So I don't know
what happened. I'm pretty sure like I saw him run

(13:36):
off like in the other direction, But yeah, I don't
know exactly like where he went or or I don't know.

Speaker 1 (13:45):
Okay, so I'm going to assume that group of guys
who protected you they were unharmed after that incident. Okay,
I'm glad to hear that. Now, did you get a
good look at this attacker? Could you describe him? Just
in case someone's watching this and maybe sees this guy
around the Lower east Side.

Speaker 3 (14:04):
Yeah, for sure. I think he did have one very
distinct feature.

Speaker 4 (14:09):
It was his hair. So he was he was very tall,
I would say probably like.

Speaker 3 (14:16):
Six feet six to one.

Speaker 4 (14:18):
Uh.

Speaker 3 (14:18):
He was African American. He had.

Speaker 4 (14:22):
Like dreads, but they were very short, and they were blonde.
They were like bleach blonde, and he had them like
tied on the top of his head. I think the hair. Honestly,
it's the fact that it was blonde and like short dreads.
It's kind of something that you can probably like point
him out with. But yeah, I I honestly though, I

(14:45):
do have to say, I like, just from looking at him,
like his appearance, he didn't look like someone that you
would think is you know, homeless or any you know,
Like he looked like just some regular dude walking on
the street. Like if it wasn't for the fact he
was holding a bat and singing like or humming or whatever,

(15:05):
I would think it's just some regular person, you know,
Like there was nothing, you know, he was just dressed
like a normal regular guy.

Speaker 1 (15:13):
Like, yeah, so he did not appear mentally unstable to you.
Do you feel it was more planned and calculated what
he was trying to do.

Speaker 4 (15:21):
Well, the singing part, that's where I would say, like
if you saw him from a distance, I would say, like,
it's just some regular guy. I wouldn't say he was
mentally unstable, but someone who's kind of like singing and
like humming in the street.

Speaker 3 (15:37):
I mean, granted, like it.

Speaker 4 (15:39):
Doesn't necessarily classify someone as mentally unstable, but that combined
with like the bat like that's where I would assume
he's probably mentally unstable or I don't know, under the
effects of drugs or something.

Speaker 2 (15:54):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (15:55):
Yeah, Now did you or the group of guys call
the police after this happen to report it?

Speaker 3 (16:01):
Yeah, so we didn't. A lot of people have asked
me this.

Speaker 4 (16:06):
I made a video on TikTok about what happened, and
a lot of people were messaging me and commenting.

Speaker 3 (16:13):
Kind of like.

Speaker 4 (16:15):
Not like shaming me in a way, but kind of
being like, why didn't you call the police? Like, and
I have to admit I didn't call the police because
in that moment, honestly, like I was just focused on
getting out of there.

Speaker 3 (16:27):
I don't know, like granted, like yes.

Speaker 4 (16:31):
I probably could have written a police report and everything,
but honestly, in that moment, I was just like I like, honestly,
like the police was the last thing on my mind.
Like I was just focused on getting out of there.
I was worried about the guys too, because I also
felt bad. I felt guilty that this man almost attacked them.

Speaker 3 (16:53):
Because they were helping me.

Speaker 4 (16:56):
So I also felt like I was like I was
concerned for them, I was concerned for myself, and I honestly,
was just focused on getting out of there and going home.
So yeah, I didn't call the police. I don't know
if after I left the guys might have. I don't know,
but personally I didn't.

Speaker 1 (17:15):
And I get it because I was the victim of
an assault myself, So I totally get where you're coming from.
You're not thinking straight after something like that happens to you,
and you're scared, and you just want to go home
and you don't feel safe.

Speaker 2 (17:26):
So trust me, I absolutely get it.

Speaker 1 (17:29):
And I don't believe in victim shaming or blaming because
people are very quick to do that. What was the
response on TikTok. I received a lot of victim blaming
and shaming on TikTok myself when I shared my story,
and I was shocked. I was absolutely dumbfounded by some
of the comments I received. What was the response that
you received? That's how we found each other, was on TikTok.

(17:51):
And I'm finding so many people, especially the past two weeks,
in particular right around Thanksgiving up until now in December.
We're at a lot of people, men and women are
sharing stories on TikTok about either they were assaulted or
it was an attempted assault. So many people are opening

(18:11):
up it on Instagram and also on TikTok, and I
think it's very smart. It's spreading awareness. So I'm so
glad that you shared your story and you opened up
and you were vulnerable again. You didn't write the police report,
but at least you put it out there on social
media to warn people.

Speaker 2 (18:28):
So thank you for that.

Speaker 1 (18:29):
And what was the response like on TikTok. Are you
happy that you put your story out there to warn others?

Speaker 4 (18:36):
Yeah, I'm definitely happy I did it. I did it,
like you said, to put the story out and to
warn people. I think also, I mean the audience I
have on TikTok. My videos are in Spanish. A lot
of my audience isn't necessarily even in New York, so

(18:57):
I think a lot of what I would say, the
majority of responses obviously were people very caring and very
you know, messages like I'm glad you're okay, like you know,
thank God for those guys that helped you. Like the majority,
I do have to say, we're people very kind and
very concerned and happy that I'm okay. There was also

(19:20):
a big group of people that didn't necessarily understand or
were kind of in disbelief. And I think that's where
this aspect of a lot of my audience isn't necessarily
even in the US, I think a lot of people.

Speaker 3 (19:35):
I saw a lot of comments of.

Speaker 4 (19:37):
People in other you know, Spanish speaking countries that thought
of like New York as this like place like you
see in the movies. You know, everything's okay, these things
don't happen here. So that was also and I kind
of in the back of my mind thought that might
have happened. And that's also part of the reason why

(19:57):
I put it out there, was so that people are
have more of a like a reality, a sense of
reality of what it really is like.

Speaker 3 (20:06):
In New York for the people who actually live here.

Speaker 4 (20:10):
So yeah, So I would say a majority obviously were
people concerned and happy that I was okay. A majority
were people that another part now a majority, another part
where people that kind of were in shock that.

Speaker 3 (20:23):
It even happened.

Speaker 4 (20:24):
And in New York, like I said, because I think
they're they're just not from here. And there was a
part of people, obviously, I would say it was the
least like percentage wise, the smallest amount were people who.

Speaker 3 (20:40):
I don't know if I would. I don't want to
like title it as victim shaming. I don't know.

Speaker 4 (20:45):
If that's what it necessarily is. But a lot of
people were just you know, why didn't you call the police?
And like I said, I made I also, you know,
I made a follow up video explaining just the police part,
like why didn't do it?

Speaker 3 (21:01):
So yeah, I think it's just a lot I don't.

Speaker 4 (21:05):
Know if that's necessarily like victim creaming or if that's
like why why didn't you do that?

Speaker 3 (21:10):
Like that's what I would do.

Speaker 4 (21:11):
But I think also a lot of people who comments,
like you said before, quick to judge or quick to
say these things until you're really in that situation, like only.

Speaker 3 (21:19):
You know how you're going to react, And I don't know.

Speaker 4 (21:23):
I just like me, like I've lived here for a
long time, so I've just like my reaction is just
get out of there. You know, my reaction is not
necessarily call the police.

Speaker 3 (21:36):
And I don't know.

Speaker 4 (21:36):
And I think sometimes too these kinds of things, like
social media is a powerful you can almost like.

Speaker 3 (21:42):
Reach more people and help more people by sharing your story.
So yeah, that's kind of the breakdown of it all.

Speaker 2 (21:51):
Now before this happened to you.

Speaker 1 (21:53):
Have you been aware of the rising number of these
random assaults and attacks.

Speaker 4 (21:58):
Yeah, I mean, I have to admit I tried to
like not go all these deep dives and get too
into it because it causes me such bad anxiety. But
in my personal experience in the years that I've lived here,
I would say that I've heard of more things happening now.

(22:19):
So I lived in New York from twenty fifteen to
twenty nineteen, and during that time I personally felt it
was very different to now. Granted it was pre COVID,
so it's a whole different world now, But before I
felt safer, I felt fine. Then I left New York

(22:39):
for a few years, and I came back, and I
came back obviously after COVID, and now is like, really,
I do feel that every time I almost I feel
like I'm hearing more and more stories of like either
someone I know, or someone who knows someone, or just
even you know, on social media, someone sharing a story.
So I would say, I don't know personally, I haven't

(23:00):
gotten into the numbers aspects of it all. I don't
know that part, But on a personal experience, I definitely
have heard more and more stories unfortunately within the last
few years.

Speaker 1 (23:12):
Yeah, yeah, that seems to be the general consensus from
many people I've interviewed, even police I've interviewed, and also
just my own perspective.

Speaker 2 (23:20):
I was born and raised in the.

Speaker 1 (23:21):
Suburbs of New Jersey, but been working in and out
of the city the past two decades, and I've never
seen the city this bad in the past couple of years.
It's just a downhill trajectory with these random attacks and assaults,
and the crime is out of control. Like you said before, COVID,
I took the subway, the training, the bus, all crazy
hours working as a journalist. I never felt unsafe, never once,

(23:44):
And it wasn't until the past couple of years where
I have been very on guard.

Speaker 2 (23:49):
And then it happened to me, and I was like, what, Wow.

Speaker 1 (23:54):
Until it happens to you, you really don't have a
I guess, a fair understanding of what it's really like.
And then yeah, it really opens your eyes to how
bad it's really getting. And it breaks my heart because
New York City is such a special place. It's a
special city, and I'm hopeful that we can clean it
back up. I mean, we've done it once from the

(24:14):
eighties and nineties. We cleaned it up from that time period,
but it's a different kind of crime we're experiencing now.
You mentioned how you did not have your headphones in
and that's why you were able to hear him behind you,
and potentially you could have It could have been much worse.
He could have actually attacked you maybe if you had

(24:36):
not heard if you had your headphones in. So by
you not listening to music having headphones in, it sounds
like you prevented this assault from happening. Is that a
piece of advice you would give to other women, and
we'll say just people in general. Walking the streets of
New York, do you feel people need to be on
high alert right now and really be aware of their surroundings.

Speaker 4 (24:58):
Yeah, definitely, I think definitely. I think, especially living in
New York, we get sometimes into this habit of like
riding the train with headphones in, walking the street with
headphones in, and you know, people always say, don't do it,
don't do it, don't use your headphones. But really, until
you're in a situation where you're like, oh my god,
like I really like I am okay now because I

(25:20):
didn't use headphones in that moment like that is like, like, honestly,
since this has happened, I have not even touched my headphones,
Like wow, yeah, use like you know it really I
think definitely, like you have to be alert, you have
to just you know, not be on your phone. I think,
especially as women, but men too. Like there's stories on

(25:42):
both ends, but I think especially if you're a woman
who's walking by herself. And I mean it for me,
it was broad daylight, it wasn't you know, night or anything.
I think just everyone, men, women, everyone needs to just
be alert at all times. It doesn't matter that it's
daylight or not. You know, like it can things can

(26:04):
happen at any time, unfortunately, and I think just being
distracted being on your phone, having had phones just is
never helped. You know, it can make a situation a
lot worse than it already is.

Speaker 1 (26:19):
Since this happened to you, how have you felt walking
the streets, going on the subway?

Speaker 3 (26:26):
Yeah, I feel safe?

Speaker 4 (26:28):
No, I know it definitely it's definitely an anxiety trigger.
Like I tried to just I like, it's inevitable. No,
I have to take the train. I can't just not
take the train. I can't just not walk in the
street like I have to do it. I'm definitely at

(26:49):
least right now because it's something so fresh that just happened.
I'm definitely trying to like not just you know, like
like I enjoy sometimes just like wandering, you know around,
walking around I think we all do living in New York,
just like not even having a plan, just wandering around aimlessly,
just taking in everything. So I'm definitely limiting that for now,

(27:12):
and I'm trying to just you know, be as alert
as possible. Like I said, I haven't touched my headphone
since I don't, I'm trying, like I'm not walking in
the street texting using my phone. I'm also trying to
where possible, stay more on like more main streets where

(27:33):
more transit, more people, and yeah, I mean on the subway.
You just kind of gotta, you know, be careful, be alert.
It's hard because it's inevitable, like it's it's there's nothing
you can do, there's no way around it. But I
think just being alert as possible is the best you
can do to protect yourself.

Speaker 1 (27:55):
Absolutely anything else you'd like to add about the experience
or share, no.

Speaker 4 (28:02):
I mean, I think just if anything, Like I think
the reason I, for example, the reason I even made
the video at first and I decided to talk about
it was so that people would be alert and people would,
you know, take this into consideration and just be aware.
So yeah, if anything, if something, if anyone takes anything

(28:22):
away from any of this is just don't use headphones.

Speaker 3 (28:26):
Just be careful, be alert.

Speaker 4 (28:28):
And I know everyone says it all the time, but
really it's it's the truth.

Speaker 2 (28:34):
It really is. It's sad we have to live our
lives like that.

Speaker 1 (28:38):
We shouldn't have to, but that's unfortunately the reality of
this world right now, and especially the reality of New
York City. So we have to be on high alert
and be on guard right now. I'm so sorry this
happened to you, and I'm so so thankful and so
happy that you were uninjured. No injuries correct, no, no
injurious thank thank goodness. I'm so happy you were not injured.

(29:00):
And it's a blessing, a divine blessing. You were protected.
Thank goodness you heard him coming coming after you. And again,
I'm so sorry this happened, and thank you for sharing
your story and especially sharing it publicly on TikTok. To
alert others, and who knows, this guy could be lurking
around the Lower East Side and maybe your description right

(29:21):
now that you just shared about him, maybe could alert
someone and save a life, or at the very least,
cops could be maybe be on to this guy already.
So hopefully they're able to catch this guy if he
happens to be a repeat offender. Unfortunately, what I'm finding
talking to so many victims is many of these attackers

(29:41):
are repeat offenders. They keep getting caught and then let
go and then repeating the crime, still doing these random attacks.
I just have I have a sneaking suspicion he potentially
could be a repeat offender. But I'm very thankful that
you shared his description and hopefully we can prevent this
from happy to other people.

Speaker 2 (30:01):
Thank you so much, Ashley.

Speaker 1 (30:03):
Thank you so much for tuning in and listening and
watching yet again.

Speaker 2 (30:08):
And if you have been the victim.

Speaker 1 (30:10):
Of a random assault or attack in New York City
or anywhere else in the world for that matter, and
want to share your story, please reach out. Also, I
do interview a lot of victims, not just of crimes,
well it is a crime still, but of trafficking and
sexual abuse, they're all crimes. But if you have been
a victim of any sort of crime and you're being silenced,

(30:32):
and you want to share your truth and you want
a safe space to do so, I encourage you to
please reach out to me. I'm happy to connect, happy
to talk with you on the record or even just
off the record. I am here if anyone needs any
sort of assistance getting their truth out there. And I
will be back in a couple days with another episode
of Warrior of Truth and much more planned into the

(30:57):
new year, so stay tuned.