WATCH: 76 Year-Old Asian Woman Goes After White Man Who Allegedly Attacked Her — As He’s Being Wheeled Away Bloody By Paramedics
In video that has now gone viral, a 76 year-old woman named Xiao Zhen Xie was shown being restrained from a white man who allegedly attacked her as he was being wheeled away on a gurney.
On Wednesday — the day after a white gunman committed mass murders against 3 Asian-owned businesses that killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent — an unidentified white man attacked Xiao on the street in San Francisco unprovoked, according to witnesses and the victim.
The aftermath of that attack was caught on video by KPIX sports director Dennis O’Donnell, who posted the video on Twitter.
“Just came upon an attack on an elderly Asian woman on Market Street San Francisco. Effort I got more details,” O’Donnell wrote.
In the video, Xiao is holding a medical compress to her injured head, and is seen shouting at the man as he’s being wheeled away, bloodied, by paramedics, brandishing the stick witnesses say she fought him off with.
Just came upon an attack on an elderly Asian woman on Market Street San Francisco. Effort I got more details pic.twitter.com/5o8r0eeHE2
— Dennis O’Donnell (@DennisKPIX) March 17, 2021
Xiao and her daughter Dong-Mei Li gave KPIX more details:
Xiao Zhen Xie says she was just waiting at the traffic light and then the suspect punched her by her left eye.
Immediately, her instincts kicked in to defend herself. While she suffered injuries and required medical attention, it was her attacker that ended up on the stretcher. Li says, “She found the stick around the area and fought back.”
Li said her mother cannot see at all out of her left eye and hasn’t been able to eat. The hope is time will heal the physical and emotional wounds but this incident is one that has scarred her for life.
John Chen, Xie’s grandson told KPIX 5, “As you can see she is extremely terrified. She’s terrified to even step out.”
Watch above via KPIX.
