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Heartbreaking first pics show great-grandmother
who was stabbed on Atlanta MARTA train:
‘Nobody was helping her’

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Posted By: mc squared, 6/1/2026 10:34:57 PM

The devastated daughter of the Atlanta train passenger viciously slaughtered by an alleged homeless maniac in a random attack ​ripped local officials​ Monday for opening the transit system to free riders​ — and then failing to properly police ​its stations. Margaret Swan, ​a 66-year-old great-grandmother, had her throat slashed and then was stabbed 18 to 20 times on the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority by the knife-wielding madman in an unprovoked attack Saturday morning, cops said. Shanae Sams​, Swan’s daughter, told The Post that glaring security gaps, lax policing and a temporary free-fare policy on MARTA paved the way for the heinous daylight killing. “

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Reply 1 - Posted by: itsonlyme 6/1/2026 10:43:54 PM (No. 2111588)
John Elijah Matthews You is eevul
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Reply 2 - Posted by: DVC 6/1/2026 10:59:09 PM (No. 2111591)
This is a hideous tragedy, so unnecessary. She should have been armed. A Smith & Wesson Bodyguard .380 is a small, light and very easy to shoot self defense handgun. My wife carries a .380 Sig handgun, and is very situationally aware. Situational awareness in public spaces is crucial. I urge all women to get some training and a small handgun and carry it like wearing a seat belt. It is very easy to get a concealed carry permit in Georgia. She could be alive and the vicious creep could be dead or at least crippled. Please, ladies, understand that YOU are your own first responder. When you desperately need help in seconds, police are tens of minutes away, and a handgun can be on your person. And very often showing a gun ends the confrontation without any shots fired.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Catherine 6/1/2026 11:01:29 PM (No. 2111592)
Not sure how anyone could have helped her while he still had the knife. It is an outrage this happened, tho. That poor woman. May she rest in peace.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: JimBob 6/1/2026 11:49:50 PM (No. 2111599)
I wonder what this Thug's arrest record is. So many times the perp has been arrested -and released- 30 or 40 times.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 6/2/2026 12:21:31 AM (No. 2111604)
Re #3, if I had been there, I could have and would have helped her. Bringing a knife to a gun fight is an epically bad move.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: bighambone 6/2/2026 8:56:05 AM (No. 2111719)
They don’t perpetuate such violent murders in darkest Africa. The perpetrator needs reparations in the form of sitting for the last time in an electric chair ASAP.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: lakerman1 6/2/2026 9:10:49 AM (No. 2111728)
Amen #2. And when you buy the firearm,purchase at least 2 boxes of cartridges and practice. practice.practice. And if you ever have to shoot in self defense, aim for body mass(the torso.)
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Reply 8 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 6/2/2026 9:53:38 AM (No. 2111739)
Monsters walk among us.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: nelsonted1 6/2/2026 10:30:46 AM (No. 2111748)
Practice dry firing the pistol mentioned by other posters. Dry firing builds muscle memory and comfort holding and helps one's mind accept you have a handgun as part of your life.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: danu 6/2/2026 10:53:25 AM (No. 2111758)
is there a pattern building here: of crowds of cowardly americans turning their backs, their phones, on the most vulnerable americans...?
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Reply 11 - Posted by: mc squared 6/2/2026 11:31:29 AM (No. 2111771)
#10: Yes. News photos and videos clearly show that people would rather record a horrific event rather than try to stop it. Even a few people pulling out a 380 or a 9 might deter an attacker.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: mifla 6/3/2026 8:41:51 AM (No. 2112168)
I would like to think that if I were present, I would have helped. That being said, if I were not armed, had no military training, and had just read about the trial of Daniel Penny, I may have not reacted quick enough to do anything, and if I did, the best result that I could have expected is that I traded my life for the victim's life.
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