I recovered from Ovarian cancer a year and a half ago and wear a wig due to my hair just growing back. I was walking today in Seattle going to work, and I crossed the street and a jittery man tapped me uncomfortably and I told him to please leave me alone.
I then heard him say he should remove my headgear, ran up behind me and snatched my hat and wig off my head. I was humiliated. He was about an inch from my face and I grabbed my wig and hat from him, and pushed him off me and ran to my building and luckily it is a key entry. I was so scared and angry.
There were about 50 people around and nobody helped me. I was so distraught, I had to leave work in a taxi a few hours later.
I am so mad at Seattle, and so hurt that nobody would help me, and all I was trying to do was go to work.
– Anonymous
Location: On the corner of 4th Ave S and Jackson St, right by the bus stops. Seattle, WA
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