TTC rider shares frightening subway encounter: ‘I was physically cornered to my seat’ – Toronto | 24CA News
Beginning this week, new security measures are taking impact on public transit in Toronto. It comes on the heels of a joint announcement between the TTC, town, and police.
The new measures are supposed to handle a surge in violence plaguing the transportation community.
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Speaking with Global News on Tuesday, Alexandra Fiallos shared her expertise of utilizing the transit system over the weekend. Fiallos, who’s from Ottawa, has additionally lived in Los Angeles and says she ceaselessly took public transit there.
She says she’s reliant on the TTC as a result of she merely can’t afford the prices related to proudly owning her personal automobile and utilizing ride-share to get round.
Fiallos instructed Global News she was on her approach to work this previous Saturday when a person boarded her practice.
“He seemed quite harmless, asking people to wish him a happy birthday. I think I was looking down, taking a bite of my sandwich, and I looked up and suddenly he was in front of me and I was physically corned to my seat,” she mentioned.
By the time she appeared for assist, Fiallos says nobody was round. Now alone and in shut proximity to the person, she mentioned she felt as if she needed to have interaction in well mannered dialog.
According to Fiallos, that’s when issues started to escalate – the stranger started to encroach on her private house.
“He felt that he could start trying to touch me in inappropriate places,” she recounted. “I had to have this weird balance of pulling away and being assertive, of ‘please don’t touch me there,’ but also not too aggressive that he could get aggressive back.”
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She shared her encounter on social media, partially to generate consciousness concerning the energy of neighborhood and standing collectively within the face of potential hazard. So far, she says the response has largely been supportive.
Beginning this week, the TTC can have entry to greater than 20 Community Safety Ambassadors who will work instantly with people who’re experiencing homelessness. According to town, greater than 50 safety guards shall be quickly added throughout the system.
In the meantime, Fiallos says she gained’t succumb to worry, saying she merely can’t afford one other transit possibility.
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