Video captured on the Chicago Transit Authority Red Line shows a male nurse fighting with a travel companion, who witnesses say was ranting about the coronavirus.
Witness Katrice Hardaway recorded the exchange on her cell phone. The man who confronted the nurse is heard yelling at her about health workers and blaming them for the pandemic.
The nurse allegedly tried to convince the man to leave him alone, with the witness Hardaway pressing the panic button on the train as the situation grew more serious.
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The nurse stood up to defend herself, and the two men fought against each other for a time.
Other passengers tried to intervene in the confrontation, but when the train came to a stop, the instigator refused to get off. Instead, the nurse left, with Hardaway following him.
“Fighting this pandemic for us, and he shouldn’t have to go through that on the way to work,” Hardaway told Chicago’s WBBM-TV.
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The nurse reportedly seeks to press charges; the suspect remained at large.
