A 76-year-old Asian woman allegedly beat a man who assaulted her in another unsolved attack in San Francisco, witnesses said. Xiao Zhen Xie was leaning against a light pole while waiting at the traffic light around Market Street in San Francisco when a 39-year-old man approached her and punched her in the face, according to KPIX.
“Very traumatized, very scared and this eye is still bleeding,” Xie said with the translation assistance of her daughter, Dong-Mei Li. “The right eye can still see nothing and is still bleeding, and we have something to record the bleeding.” Even though she was injured, Xie fought back against the attacker by grabbing a stick and hitting him with it. The woman sustained injuries to her eye and to the side of her face while the man was left bleeding. In a video following the attack, Xie can be seen holding the stick she used to fight back in one hand and an ice pack in the other. “You bum, why did you hit me?” said the woman in Chinese, reports USA Today. Dennis O’Donnell, a KPIX sports director, came down to the scene during his morning run and saw the man being handcuffed to a stretcher while Xie yelled at him angrily.
“The woman said she was hit,” O’Donnell said. She’s falling back. From what I could see, she wanted more of the guy on the stretcher, and the police held her back. ‘ Xie and the unknown assailant were taken to hospital for treatment. “As you can see, she’s very scared,” John Chen, Xie’s grandson, said. “She’s terrified of even retiring.” Chen and their family have set up a GoFundMe campaign to help Xie with her medical expenses. Xie is also a cancer survivor and has had diabetes for more than ten years, according to the page. “I’m amazed at her bravery,” Chen said of his grandmother in the GoFundMe campaign. “She was the one who defended herself against this unresolved attack. But she now gets two severe black eyes and one that bleeds unstoppably. Her wrist also swelled. She was severely affected mentally, physically and emotionally. She also said that from now on she is afraid to walk out of her house. This traumatic event left her with PTSD. ” During the investigation, authorities discovered that the man had attacked another elderly person in the area – an 83-year-old Asian man. Police are now determining whether the victim’s race was a factor in the two attacks. Do you have a hate event to report? Help us document the recent increase in hate crimes against Asian Americans by going to STOP AAPI HATE to report an incident. Please stay safe out there. Function image via @DennisKPIX
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