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Twenty-five-year-old Maria Besedina was exiting a N.Y. subway train when a man attacked and raped her in full view of the token-booth clerk, who did nothing. Last week, a judge tossed out her lawsuit against the MTA, whom she accused of ignoring her pleas for help and allowing the rape to take place.
Transit-authority policy in New York is for workers not to leave their booths, instead calling the command center to notify the police, who in this case arrived 10 minutes later, after Besedina had already been raped twice and held over the tracks.
No matter what the official policy, could you stand by and watch this happen to another human being?
Twenty-five-year-old Maria Besedina was exiting a N.Y. subway train when 
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Thursday 09 April
By Lalatin
....I don't care if it was required in my job that i not move from that place I'd run to help that woman. And considering im a woman, and not all to strong, I'd grab another person on my way out and be calling around frantically to save this poor woman.
I can't believe this man didn't try to save her himself. It's outrageous! >.<
I hope that the woman is okay, that she is not depressed and what not. I'd hate to see her spiral into a depression....
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Thursday 09 April
By Steen
I am deeply disgusted and disturbed by this story!!! OMG!!!! How the h*ll could someone watch this and do nothing!?!?!?!?!? Sickening. The policy and the MTA are completely ignorant and disgraceful! It is truly scary to see what our society has become. Whatever happened to consideration, caring, compassion, concern for others?
My prayers go out to this woman and I respect her for standing up to those dumbasses. Take it to the Supreme Court!!!!
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Thursday 09 April
By Gloria
I don't care if it did cost me my job I would never stand by and watch a man rape or assault a woman or any other person for that matter. What is wrong with socity that we have gotten so cold towards each other? The only way we are going to live better is to pull together, you can't stand by and just allow this to happen.
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Thursday 09 April
By sarah
Um...it worries me that people are even asking this question? Why should we stand by and watch people get hurt? Yet people do it all the time. I read a story once about an old guy who got stuck in his garbage can in new york or something and nobody helped him. He ended up dying! But of course then there's the worry that helping someone out will result in danger, etc. People won't help hitchhikers and people with broken down cars on the freeway because they could just be nutters. Sad but true. But even so, Transit Authority rules aside, the girl should have helped. Although she probably would have lost her job...but at least she would have had peace of mind and a heart not made of ice.
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Thursday 09 April
By sarah
p.s. It just occurred to me that I don't know if the clerk was a man or woman. I assumed it was a woman in my comment for some reason. Either way, he/she needs to reevaluate life's priorities. Job? Preventing a rape? hmmmmmmmm
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Thursday 09 April
By kathy
What a big puss....I wouldn't care what the policy was of where I worked. I would never stand around and watch someone be raped or harmed in any matter. I am a little bitty woman, but I can do alot of damage with just a kick.
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Thursday 09 April
By kathy
If you listened to her, she said HE did nothing to help. So, it was a man.....what a jerk.
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Wednesday 15 April
By Allen
you have to be realistic. Though many may say they would have intervened, I highly doubt that except for those who are that altruistic. For me, I would have contacted for help (in the case of the station agent, the command center) and then keep my distance in relative safety as I am a relatively scrawny 17yr old. The rapist is obviously demented, who knows what he would have done. Again, many of us are not Bruce Lee or Jack Bauer, we cannot go up to a demented rapist and beat the crud out of him at our whim. Unless one is trained for such a situation, they should not intervene. Besides, why should they be fired, they have not broken any laws (as I do not believe NYC has any good Samaritan laws in place), they followed protocol and contacted for help quite quickly. I believe what he did was smart as he was able to keep a cool, rational head and did not make any rash emotional decisions might have gotten him killed or injured. I would have done the same thing if I was on the platformed and witnessed
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Wednesday 29 April
By Tim
No, no I could not. In fact, I'd probably be thrown into a blind rage and that rapist would meet his end on the train tracks after multiple stabbings and brutalizing. I'd go to prison for murder, though probably not for long stating insanity.
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Thursday 30 April
By Miah
This is what has become such a problem in America, in my opinion. Not only is our jobs become too important, but man Americans live with the thought that if they don't help, somebody else will. If you think about it, if everybody had that thought, then nobody would help. In the country today, yelling "Help!" will not get you anywhere. It's a lot more effective if you yell "Fire!", you will actually get someone to help you...pardon my language but WTF PEOPLE?!
As a male, even a young male at the age of 20, I am willing to risk my life to save somebody from this kind of thing. I wouldn't care if the guy had a gun, knife, if he was skilled in martial arts, or if he was 3 times bigger then me, I would still fight to save that woman. Even if it costed my job, because there are always jobs out there. I may not like what I get for a job, but if I need money (legally of course) there is always a way to get it.
I'm not trying to be full of myself when I say this, but I really wish that more Americans had the mindset like I do. Maybe Then, I wont be afraid to raise a family in such a society.
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