Our world is broken and steeped in sin, which is an observable fact that doesn’t need to be proven scientifically, since mountains of data flash before our eyes on the news every evening. Yet, despite knowing this, when we see horrible stories like that of a 71-year-old woman who was forced to defend herself from a group of teenagers on her way to church, still shocks us. Deep in our souls we know blatant displays of wickedness like this are wrong and disturbing on so many levels.
According to a report from The Christian Tribune, Linda Rosen, a retired MTA computer operation worker was getting off the No. 3 train at Hoyt Street a little after six in the evening. As she made her way through the turnstile, one of four teenage girls attempted to grab her purse. “And then I [said to myself], ‘Oh, no, this is not going to happen today.’” One of the teens told her Oh, you want to fight?” “The first person kept fighting,” Rosa explained. “She punched me in my face and I have my glasses on, and I have a cut on my nose. When she punched me in my face, my glasses flew to the floor,” she recounted.
Rosa then stated, “Meanwhile the other young lady was still trying to distract me to get my pocketbook or go into my purse, to snatch something out of my purse.” The robber settled on stealing a pocket pouch that held Rosa’s ID and medical records “I was still wrestling with the first person,” the woman recalled. “Then I was trying to kick her in between her legs, but my leg wouldn’t stretch far enough, so I believe that’s when I fell. I fell, and then she stomped on me.”
That is beyond disgusting. Behavior like this used to be almost unheard of among young ladies, but now we are bearing the fruit of a feminist worldview that has convinced women they are equal to men in just about every way, including that of violence. Rosa then told the media she was terrified that the girls might end up coming back for more.
“I got an impression in me that she was going to stomp me again, but she was going to aim towards my head,” she recalled. “So I got up right away, and with that, I grabbed her braids and twirled them around my right hand, and then I pulled her down. She had her head down. Then the other young lady said, ‘Let her go.’ And I said, ‘Oh, no, I’m not letting her go.'”
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“So out of nowhere, I grabbed her hair and twisted it around my left hand,” Rosa recounted. “So I had them both facedown….[like] rams when they’re getting ready to fight.” One of the robbers yelled, “Let them go! Let them go!” but Rosa held on and yelled, “I need assistance! I need assistance!” Rosa was forced to let go and the teens ran away as Rosa yelled for police. After the encounter, she headed to the nearby Brooklyn Tabernacle Church, where the staff tended to her and called 911. She is thankful she wasn’t injured, “Thank God they didn’t have no weapons,” she exclaimed. “I thank God I didn’t have a heart attack and a stroke and die!” The teens who attacked her are still at large but were captured on security camera footage.
Rosa, in an incredible display of Christ-like love, says she has forgiven the girls, quoting Jesus on the cross when He said, “Father, forgive them. They know not what they do.” She then referred to the act as kids being foolish, noting that what happened to her could happen to anyone.
“Now we’re seeing seniors getting attacked. Anywhere – it can happen anywhere, any station. You could be walking down the street. You could be crossing the street,” she concluded.
Pray for our young people and the elderly alike.