German Student Dies After Defending Teen Girls From Harassers

[BainsBane]

Another one.

About 150 people gathered in Berlin, Germany, today to attend a vigil commemorating Tugce Albayrak, a 23-year-old woman who died after she was beaten by a man she had just stood up to earlier for harassing two teen girls.

On November 15, Albayrak was in a McDonalds in Offenbach (near Frankfurt) when she heard cries for help from the restroom. Two teenage girls were being harassed by a group of men. Albayrak courageously and successfully intervened. But later on that night in the McDonald's parking lot, one of the men from the group of harassers attacked her in the parking lot. He struck her in the head, though it's unsure as to whether he used a bat or stone or other weapon, or if he punched her and she fell, hitting her head on a stone.

As a result of the attack, Albayrak was left in a coma—when doctors informed her parents she was braindead and would never regain consciousness, they decided to turn off her life support. It was her 23rd birthday. . . .


Once again we are faced with the reality of doing the right thing. Once again we are faced with the reality of how unsafe it is for a woman to simply be and how much more unsafe it is for a woman stand up for what's right, and it will never get any less devastating. I wish the best to Albayrak's friends and family and hope that they find peace knowing that that woman is a hero.

http://jezebel.com/german-student-dies-after-defending-teen-girls-from-ha-1664902351