society
May 3, 2024

Young woman is looking for her savior on Facebook

So they exist, the heroes of everyday life. But not always their brave actions are duly acknowledged, as the story of Mareen from Bad Homburg shows.

It happened on a subway station on an early autumn evening in Frankfurt. At 19.40 clock, the 23-year-old is approached by a strange man. He is aggressive, grabbing her between the legs. Many passers-by stand around them, but according to the "Frankfurter Rundschau" no one intervenes when the man circles and threatens Mareen.

But then a young man comes to your aid. Spontaneously, he pretends to be her friend. As in so many cases, he puts himself in danger with his moral courage, because the culprit now attacks the helper. "He grabbed him, touched his throat and pressed him to the vending machine," Mareen told Frankfurter Rundschau. The woman takes the opportunity and runs away. She gets into a subway and calls the police. What will become of the two men, she does not know. The police can not find out anything, and since Mareen does not believe that the culprit is found, she refrains from reporting.

But the thing leaves her no peace. "I had sleepless nights, it bothers me that I just ran away." She wonders if her rescuer is doing well and would like to thank him personally. On Facebook, she starts a call in the hope that she can still find out the identity of the brave man.

To date, her call has been shared almost 35,000 times, but so far from the helper despite the description of each track.

The case is reminiscent of the courageous student Tugce A., who was beaten into a coma while trying to help two girls and eventually died from the injuries. Her tragic death moved the whole country, hundreds came to Tugce's funeral.

It is good to know that, despite this danger, people continue to work for others and show moral courage. We keep our fingers crossed for Mareen to find her hero and finally say the "thank you" he deserves.