May 23, 2023
(Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images) A passenger allegedly punched a 53-year-old woman on a train in Long Beach, California, on Wednesday. The woman, who did not share her name due to safety concerns, said she and her male friend took a seat on the train in front of a man, after which two women with a dog boarded the train, ABC 7 Los Angeles reported. "My friend, he was afraid that one of [the women] would fall so he stretched out his hand to try to help the woman in case she fell. And I told him that did not look good. I was like 'take your hand off because you're a man and she's a woman. Don't do that,'" the victim said, according to the outlet. (Frightening Video Shows Suspect Pushing Woman Onto Subway Tracks As Train Pulls Into Station) The man sitting behind them then started screaming, addressing her as "you Asian woman," which sparked an argument in which one of the women then inte