NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A man organized a service to help MTA riders in Brooklyn safely get home from the train following a string of violent attacks.
Peter Kerre, a Bushwick resident, began the “SafeWalks NYC” initiative after several women were randomly attacked at the Morgan Ave L station between Nov. 17 and Jan. 3.
“When I saw a picture of one of the ladies who had been punched, when I saw her picture, I was so angry. I jumped on my bike and went to the subway, and I said you know what? If this person is still hanging around punching people let me just see,” Kerre told the New York Post Wednesday.
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Kerre, a Kenyan native, shared his experience on social media, where at first, some friends and socials media followers volunteered to help out.
“At first people thought that I was crazy perhaps, and then after a while they were like you know what, I probably can come and join you,” he said.
Shortly after, he began to receive hundreds of messages and 200 volunteers in just a few short weeks.
Kerre first meets with potential volunteers in person and vets their social media accounts.
Volunteers are paired up into groups of at least two for the subway walks in order to deter any would-be predators from signing up.
Kerre is slated to meet Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels group later in the week, although he claims “SafeWalks NYC” volunteers are not vigilantes.