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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A 79-year-old woman is speaking out after being brutally attacked while boarding a San Francisco Muni bus to go to work.
Lisa requested we not use her last name for privacy after what happened to her the morning of Dec. 3. The tiny senior, who stands barely over 5-feet-tall, is decked out in a Warriors cap, shirt and lanyards, reflecting her nearly 30-year career in concessions for the Giants, 49ers and the Warriors.
As Lisa was boarding the 38 bus at Geary and Laguna heading downtown for her shift at Oracle Park, her life changed in seemingly seconds.
As seen in this surveillance video used in the police investigation, Lisa is seen getting knocked to the ground in seconds. We're choosing to show the suspect's face as SFPD tells me there has been no arrest in the case, and are asking those with information to come forward.
When asked if the suspect, clad in a brick red hooded jacket and dark pants took anything, Lisa said it was a straight up random attack. Nothing else. She wonders if she was targeted because she is Indonesian. SFPD tells ABC7, "We have not determined or found evidence that this incident was a motivated hate crime."
ABC7 News analyzed Muni crime data which shows the number of assaults has increased 43% since 2020. However, those numbers are significantly less than pre-pandemic levels during a time when ridership was much higher.