‘I spat in the eye of hate and lived’: Surviving train hero tells how he had his throat cut by white supremacist who killed two other Good Samaritans as they tried to protect Muslim teen in a hijab
Micah David-Cole Fletcher was the third man stabbed on a Portland train Friday
Fletcher, Rick Best, and Taliesin Namkai-Meche interrupted a ‘anti-Muslim’ tirade
Jeremy Joseph Christian, 35, allegedly stabbed them after they interrupted him
Fletcher remains in hospital, while Best and Namkai-Meche died from the attack
Fletcher posted poem from his hospital bed on Saturday night while recovering
‘I, am alive, I spat in the eye of hate and lived,’ the 21-year-old’s message read
The attack happened on a MAX train in Portland, Oregon, around 4:30pm Friday
Chrsitian had been ranting about a variety of topics while using ‘hate speech’
He turned his attention to two young women, one of whom was wearing a hijab
After the suspect attacked the victims, he reportedly said, ‘This is free America, I can do whatever I want’ before running away from the Hollywood transit station
By LIAM QUINN and ABIGAIL MILLER
DailyMail.com
28 May 2017
The 21-year-old who survived after intervening in a white supremacist’s deadly hate attack on a Portland train has written a poem from his hospital bed about the harrowing experience.
Micah David-Cole Fletcher was the third bystander who tried to intervene when Jeremy Joseph Christian, 35, launched an ‘anti-Muslim’ tirade on two women on Friday.
Fletcher was stabbed in the neck, allegedly by Christian, with the blade missing his jugular by millimeters.
Rick Best, a Portland employee and retired Army platoon sergeant who served for 23 years, and 23-year-old Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, died in the attack.
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