I was walking down 5th Avenue on my lunch break when I was approached by two large men trying to sell demo CDs. One tried to hand the CD to me and I said, ‘No thank you’ and continued walking. Both followed me and yelled at me and called me a stupid slut when I didn’t respond. This is on ultra-busy 5th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan on a weekday during lunch an no one said anything to these men. It took me 20 minutes to stop shaking.
– LH
Location: 5th Avenue between 37th and 38th Street, NYC
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