163: Michael was stabbed on a bus

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 12 January 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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It’s amazing how quickly things can change. Michael lives with his wife, Mu, in New York City. He works for HP, and his job is to visit various locations around the city and do equipment repair. So he often finds himself on public transportation. One afternoon he was on the city bus, headed to his next job. He expected it to be a routine trip. But without any warning, he found himself trying desperately to get away from a man with a knife. And here’s something you need to know as you listen to Michael’s story. This conversation was recorded about 3 years ago. We weren’t able to go live with it until now, because we had to wait until the case had made it’s way through the courts and was resolved. That has now happened, so at the end I’ll give you an update on how it turned out. Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/163 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/whatwas and get on your way to being your best self. Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Go to Seed.com/WHAT and use code 25WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to rakuten.com or get the Rakuten app to start saving today! To get 15% off your next gift, go to UNCOMMONGOODS.com/WHATWAS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glass Fox Media Podcast.
0:07.0	It's amazing how quickly things can change.
0:18.0	Michael lives with his wife, Mu, in New York City. He works for H.P.
0:20.0	and his job is to visit various locations around the city and do equipment repair.
0:27.0	So he often finds himself on public transportation.
0:31.0	One afternoon he was on the city bus headed to his next job. He expected it to be a routine trip. But without any warning, he found himself trying desperately to get away from a man with a knife.
0:47.0	Here's something you need to know as you listen to Michael's story. This conversation was
0:54.5	recorded about three years ago. We weren't able to go live with it until now because
1:00.8	we had to wait until the case had made its way through the courts and was
1:04.4	resolved. That has now happened so at the end I'll give you an update on how it
1:11.0	turned out.
1:19.0	Real people in unreal situations.
1:29.0	There is a girl hanging by her broken leg from the telephone wire and I called 911 and I said I found a baby. I turned around I see a gun pointed at me close enough I could touch it.
1:33.5	She would hold our heads on the water all the time.
1:35.5	He levels the gun, pulls the trigger, and I go down.
1:39.5	Her eyes were full of tears.
1:41.5	She didn't want to leave us. My hair catches on fire. I
1:45.6	swear to God, this image is burning my head for the rest of my life.
1:50.9	I'm Scott Johnson, and this is what was that like.
2:07.0	Before we get into today's story, you're about to hear from a couple of our sponsors. Sponsors play a big role in my being able to bring you these amazing stories,
2:11.0	but I completely understand that some listeners will prefer to not hear sponsor messages, and that's fine.
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