NBC – Today Show
March 27, 2024, 12:37 PM EDT / Updated March 28, 2024, 9:06 AM EDT / Source: TODAY
By Becca Wood
“Why are so many girls getting punched in the face in NYC?”
It’s a question being asked across social media platforms, as a series of videos of different women sharing stories of alleged attacks have gone viral, seemingly simultaneously. “I have seen no less than four of these in the last day WHAT is going on?” one commenter wrote on a video.
The stories share similarities. In front-facing camera videos, young women say they were punched in the face in broad daylight by unknown men while walking down the street. Many say they were on their phone at the time of the attack.