PHILADELPHIA - Family members are speaking out after a teen was assaulted for trying to protect other victims from being attacked on a SEPTA subway train.
The family says the young woman who stood up to girls pummeling Asian American students on the train didn’t know the victims, or the attackers but understood courage."She did the right thing.
She did the right thing," aunt Mei Lu said.For her act of valor, the 18-year-old unidentified, Central High School senior, with hopes of attending Penn was viciously beaten by four African American girls, ages 13 to 16, who police say will face felony counts of ethnic intimidation and aggravated assault.RELATED: Ethnic intimidation, assault and related charges filed against teen girls in viral SEPTA.