Numerous Women On TikTok Report Getting Punched In The Face In New York City

New York City is growing increasingly dangerous for women.

According to statistics, the number of assaults on trains resulting in injuries surged by 53%, rising to 570 felony assaults in 2023 from 373 reported incidents in 2019. And, more recently, women on TikTok have been reporting getting attacked while walking around the Big Apple.

It's unknown if the women had the same attacker or if the assailant was different each time. However, one woman described her attacker as around 5'10" or taller and "possibly African American."

One victim named Halley (@halleykate) said in a viral TikTok video, "I was literally just walking, and a man came up and punched me in the face. Oh my god, it hurts so bad, I can't even talk." Halley adds that she fell to the ground when it happened.

Only a couple of hours after Halley's video was shared on the platform, another woman named Mikayla (@mikaylatoninato) said she also got assaulted in the city. Mikayla had just left her class and was walking while looking at her phone when a man randomly punched her in the face. "I'm, like, actually in shock right now," she said.

"I guess if you're in New York right now and you're walking while looking at your phone, maybe don't do that," Mikayla added. "Maybe [keep your] head on a swivel. I guess we're going to be super aware of our surroundings."

Selena Pikanab (@pikapikanab) says that she was among the group of women who were punched in NYC. She, too, was looking at her phone for directions when a man swung at her, hitting her arm. "He hit me square in the arm 'cause I think he was trying to hit me in the face," she explains.

Pikanab grabbed her taser, and the man darted away. The young woman was scared and shocked. "I was like, 'What just happened?'"

Pikanab revealed that she couldn't see the man's face properly, though he was around 5'10" or a little taller. "He was possibly African American. And that's all I really got to see before he literally ran away," she explained.

Last month, a content creator named Jill Burke was attacked while she was walking in New York, receiving a black eye and a concussion. "I was on my way to work, and it was probably 10 a.m. And as I was crossing the street, a man looked at me, and within a split second, pointed two fingers at me in a gun symbol and then slammed a bag, [a] plastic bag full of God knows what down on my face from about a foot away. And I fell into the ground. I'm assuming the man just walked or ran off. I wasn't really in a state to know what was going on," she recalled.

"The bag was so heavy that it felt like bottles or cans, but I didn't ever look to see what was in it." Onlookers helped Burke get off the road, and they called the ambulance. "Luckily, I just got a concussion and this bruise that's gotten much better in the past week and possibly a chipped bone, but it could have been so much worse."

Burke said that she was aware of her surroundings and kept a distance from the man while she was walking, but he still attacked her. "I don't think there was anything I could do to prevent this from happening," she said, "I think it's so important for women to always be prepared."

If you're a woman in a big city, now is a good time to invest in a pepper spray or taser.

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