Special Ground Zero Report - Day 22

Assault at Ground Zero

There were two pro-life vigil keepers attacked at the vigil about 2pm today. One received a black eye and broken glasses from a women who attacked them. 4 police cruisers came and arrested the lady.

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Frances W. has since called. She was also down on Bank street and while approaching the vigil and said she heard a lot of shouting. One of the participants told her that a woman came with some food and sat between two ladies who were praying. The lady was mumbling and finally she yelled out, "You've had your protest now I'm going to have mine." Then she started attacking people by swinging at them. This is when Frances came upon the scene, she said the attacker was quite strong and she kept yelling and swinging at those praying. She also threw her food at them. The security guard from across the street came over and tried to block her, but she was very aggressive and strong. The security guard didn't really know how to deal with her. Someone, Frances is not sure who, called the police and some police cars came. One of the police officers told the prayers not to sit on the cement wall. They put the screamer in a car and she was still yelling insults out the window as they took her away. The people at the vigil were quite shaken and one woman was visibly trembling and crying. The devil is raging. We should remind our people to say the prayer to St. Michael.

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Hello folks,

I'm sure you'll hear this from others, but I felt compelled to notify you. This afternoon, during what began as another peaceful vigil, several of the ladies were attacked. A woman sat herself down with her lunch among the women praying, sitting along the concrete wall facing the facility. She became verbally abusive, then quickly became physically abusive. She pushed her lunch onto the front of one of the ladies praying, as she pushed her back and shouted at her. The attacker became hysterical, screaming obscenities and swinging fists, at one point even kicking one of the ladies. Several of the ladies asked the onlookers to call the police, and for the security guard at the facility to help. A couple of men from the gathering crowd and the security guard eventually helped restrain the attacker until the police came. A paramedic came and attended to the two ladies that had received the brunt of the attack. Although, even restrainted in the police car the attacker continued to scream her obscenities, the prayers continued. Many people came forward to offer their testimony as witness to the attack. The two ladies most physically hurt continued to express prayers for the healing of their attacker. May God bless them. We must not let this incident inhibit the vigil. Prayer is stronger than fear. The unborn need us, need our prayers! Just thought I'd share that with you. Take care and God bless.