Eugenia Chien has been eavesdropping on the 47, 49, or 1 lines since the mid-90's. She lives by the adage, "Anything can happen on Muni" (and also, "That's not water.")

Video: Man Who Tried To Stop Muni Vandals Speaks Out


Video: ABC7

On Monday we told you about Simon, the man who got beaten up by rioters when he tried to stop them from vandalizing a Muni bus (his friends sent us photo of his beaten up face).

Simon told Muni Diaries:

It’s been a whirlwind couple of days but I just hope I’m the one with a black eye and not my city…I was not on the bus but in the vicinity of the offense. My friend Sarah saw what was going on and said something along the lines of, ‘This isn’t right!’ I agreed and took off running toward the bus. The last thing I remember is getting in between the offenders and the bus, shoving them away shouting ‘No. This is not what we do. We do not do this!’ And then: sucker punch, floor, kicking, blood, and my awesome friends getting me out of there.

In the above video, Simon is interviewed by ABC7’s Vic Lee about his experience.

Previously:

More Muni Vandals Still At Large


Photo by Mike Hendrickson

The San Francisco Police Department is still looking for vandals who smashed, burned, and trashed Muni buses Sunday night after the Giants won the World Series. Yesterday the police arrested one suspect who was photographed smashing the bus window with a barricade. But who is the man in the photo above, which we published on Monday?

This “bus wrecker,” as the San Francisco Chronicle calls him, is still at large and the police would like your help identifying him, according to the Chronicle story, which also has a zoomed-in photo of this man.


Photo via the San Francisco Chronicle and Susana Bates

Previously:

Video: Giants Riot on Muni

Yesenia filmed this video last night of Giants revelers rioting on Muni and sent it to us via the Muni Diaries Facebook page. In the video, rioters started filming a bus rider who didn’t have as much Giants spirit as everyone else. Here’s Yesenia’s account of the evening.

Here’s video I shot on my iPhone of rioting on Muni on McAllister and Larkin. I started filming toward the end, about ten minutes before the cops showed up. There were a few buses stalled there because the streets were overflowing with people. When rioting began on Muni, this particular gentleman on the back of the bus was having none of it. He sat there stonefaced amidst all the chaos, presumably texting to his friends about his miserable experience commuting on Muni yet again. Everyone outside noticed his lack of spirit and started taking pictures and video of him until the lights went out.

Earlier: Photos of buses set on fire, trashed, and climbed on by rioters.

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