A woman was raped on a SEPTA train, but no riders called 911 to report it, police say.

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A 35-year-old Pennsylvania man faces rape and assault charges after he sexually assaulted a woman on board a SEPTA train, with riders witnessing the attack but not intervening, authorities say.

"It may have been stopped sooner if a rider called 911," authorities said of the sexual assault.

The woman was assaulted at around 11 p.m. while riding the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Market-Frankford line towards the town of Upper Darby. SEPTA officers arrested the man, later identified as 35-year-old Fiston Ngoy, according to Upper Darby Police Superintendent Timothy Bernhardt.

 

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Why does ppl choose to not interfere!!! I would because I'd want someone to help me. How the hell do they sleep at night. Dame shame

Wow! Nobody cared enough to do anything to protect this lady. How sad.

They should be charged with accessory

Every single one of those people should also be charged with rape. They stood by and let it happen that makes them accessories to the crime. How do they look themselves in the mirror - disgusting! Karma will have lots of fun with them! Just horrible!

I would have beat the shit out of the guy and risked my life for her. If it is my time to go, then I’ll go. I witness you doing that, i will stop you or die trying. And every person watching should feel the same. There is no other way to be. Fight the evil people!

How the people of much acclaimed democratic and enlightened society can let such crime happen in their presence. Such apathy entails some serious reflection on its moral human values.

What did I just read ?

I don't know which disturbs me more: the man's act of rape or the indifference of the people watching.

I remember reading a book a long time ago, about a woman in NY that was raped on a stree. No one called the police. Nothing has changed.

Did no one activate emergency button/band on the train?

And no one helped stop this😢

I notice that the story did not include a picture of the man or any description. That means they want to conceal the fact that he is black. The crowd standing around is a microcosm of our weak society.

Bail?

Wth

Congratulations PA. You just made FL and TX look like great places to live

WTAF No one helped her?! 🤬

Wtf ppl just watched it happen!! They should be charged also!! Isn't that being an accomplice

I think all the passengers that watch should get arrested and punished as well as the rapist

Witness who do nothing should be charged

There is also the possibility of false accusations due to the outburst of MetooBusiness. We also need to verify that NBC is making fake news.

UNACCEPTABLE!

Another sad day to be born a woman. As a woman who lives in nyc and often takes public transportation at night, I’m always on edge when men pass by or sit near me. This is every woman’s worst nightmare.

So can they be held as accomplices? Did they enjoy the 'show'? That woman needed help and they just watched while she was hopinh someone would have the balls to stop it. Disgusting

Humans are so disappointing. Ain’t no way folks really sat there and let that man rape this woman. I pray she can work with a really good therapist because really wtf

Apoplectic!!! How could people stand by and do nothing? Unconscionable!!

Why don't we get to see the video? Y'all show videos of cops killing us? Why kaint we see this video?

Neglecting to intervene is just as bad.

We live in a country where criminals are protected and people care so little for the people around them that they won’t even wear a mask or vaccinate for the benefit of themselves and the people around them. It’s not surprising the passengers did nothing.

Unbelievable !nobody help. What’s wrong with people . Witnesses just watched! Awful!!!

SICK

No one is willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the community or their fellow citizens that's why we are still in this pandemic as we have raised a bunch of selfish kids that don't care about anything but themselves

We are broken.

Nobody cares about anyone but themselves these days it's all about me me me me

they all should be arrested , you have to atleast call 911 , WTF

美国在向印度学习吗?

Are you seriously saying, men stood by and allowed this assault They should be prosecuted for allowing a felony

Probably cause they was to busy pulling out their phones

What is wrong with people? 😡😢

Why didn’t they yell at him or get him away?

Death Penalty. The government needs to start putting dogs down.

Every person who witnessed this crime should be arrested.

This is where society is at currently. People witnessed it, did nothing. Is it because we’re always surrounded by bad news and couldn’t care to stop it. Or is it because we’re afraid to intervene because of the law being used against us.

Have we become a country/world that is apathetic and unwilling to help someone who is being violated physically, mentally, and criminally? On a train and NO ONE intervened? Shame to all who watched this woman suffer trauma and a criminal act. All witnesses should be arrested.

MalcolmNance WTF Nobody intervened?

MalcolmNance A line of people watching a man almost drowned by another man, being repeatedly pushed underwater when I was a kid. My mother stepped forward and yelled 'All you men, get in there now and break this up.' They leapt into action. YELL AT MEN TO ACT!

How sick is this?

MalcolmNance WTF, they all should be held as accomplices.

I hate people.

MalcolmNance If this was Boston every witness would be arrested what a shame

MalcolmNance when humanity & compassion dies😢

To the riders on the train that witnessed it and did nothing:

If parents don't instill doing the right thing in their kids, then this is what we get.

What is wrong with people

This is absolutely disgusting, people need to raise their children to help others in need, and not via saying to do it a couple of times but by showing by example. The fact that people could sit and watch something like this take place without interfering is absolutely horrific!

Those witnesses need to be publicly shamed

What has our country come to? Nobody would help. 😥😥😥😥😥

Everyone of those bystanders should be charged for failing to help that poor woman! How much should it have taken if 2 people just grabbed him? Did he have a gun, knife? For Gods sake don’t be so indifferent to your fellow man

The rapist is probably already walking free. If a person did try to intervene they'd be held indefinitely.

“Sexual assault” is a pleonasm. “The sexual act is an act of aggression with the purpose of the most intimate union.” (Freud) And, sexual consent is manufactured quickly by society to reproduce itself, even in matter of hardcore sex. Just ask any low-end prostitute!

This if jacked up people: lesson for the day put your phone down and step up!!

Not only did a bunch of people stand there and watch a woman be raped, but NOBODY EVEN CALLED 911! How absolutely fucking pathetic.

This has happened before in other cities. We are experts in self preservation. We only care about 3 things, me, myself and I. When people hear America First they are thinking Me First. Sad very sad.

This is sadly, unsurprising. Just like the case of kitty genovese, the woman who was stabbed to death and all the ppl who heard her screaming assumed someone else was gonna call 911😒 why do ppl always assume someone else will step up Pisses me off. See something, DO SOMETHING

WOW! America is becoming one of 'those' Countries

UNBELIEVABLE!!!! RAPED and NO ONE INTERVENED HAVE WE BECOME THAT DESENSITIZED TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN? apathykills

A woman was RAPED and no one came to her aid WTF is wrong with America This nation is circling the drain.

This is a fucking awful story. What is wrong with people?!?!

Sad sad world.

Isn’t America great.

And everyone of those witnesses should be charged as accomplices.

Someone filmed it for sure

The witnesses should all be arrested!

Someone must’ve helped the man was arrested

They should be charged as well then.

Maybe if SEPTAPoliceDets patrolled the train cars instead of play on their phones on the platforms they could prevent things like this. Seems all theyre concerned with is making sure the tolls are paid. DO YOUR JOBS. PROTECT AND SERVE

Sometimes I really hate I brought my children into this world 🤬

Smh

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