Man Stabbed 9 Times in Fight With Catcaller Who Harassed His Girlfriend
A San Francisco man was stabbed nine times in the arms, face, neck and back during a confrontation with a catcaller who had been following him and his girlfriend, San Francisco's ABC News 7 reports.
Ben Schwartz said he and his girlfriend, Miyoko Moody, were walking home through the Tenderloin two Saturdays ago when a man started catcalling Moody and shouting obscene comments. He says they tried to ignore the harasser and cross the street, but the man followed them.
"It turned violent very quickly, punches thrown," Schwartz told ABC 7. "Next thing I know, I kinda had a knife in the back of my neck."
Schwartz said doctors told him the knife barely missed his spinal cord. His right lung was punctured, and he's in a wheelchair, but it's only temporary.
The alleged stabber fled the scene in a silver sedan, and is still at large.
Moody started a crowdfunding effort to help with Schwartz's medical bills, and it has raised just over $30,000 in four days. Some of that money came from friends and family, but much of it was donated by strangers applauding Schwartz for confronting the catcaller.
"It's really hard to believe that guys can say vulgar and dirty crap to women and just get away with being creeps all day. It's just unacceptable behavior," Moody wrote on her GoFundMe page.
