I’ve been a bus rider for almost 30 years here, and seen my fair share of bus stop antics, but today was something else. I took my daughter for what should have been a short ride to Daiso in North Seattle. But things started getting crazy at our bus stop (and I’ve never been bothered by the addicts and unhoused, I used to do a lot of street outreach/harm reduction) when about 10 people suddenly showed up to score, fights started breaking out, and a creepy dude kept trying to get close to my kid. It went from zero to chaos in about 5 minutes. I had her firmly behind me blocking her with my body.
Then transit security pulled up without even being requested, and stood between us and the dudes getting rowdy. They told creepy to move away and stood in front of us while we waited. Then they asked us where we were going and we told them. Y’all, they followed our bus and made sure we got to Daiso safely! My kiddo was so grateful, she had been so afraid. Im really, really thankful they showed up today. Props to the gentlemen who took the time to make a scared little girl feel safe.
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