Andrew Yang Helps Photographer Facing Attack on Staten Island Ferry
Source: NBC New York
A photographer who was shoved by a man who then came at him with a metal pole during a trip on the Staten Island ferry on Friday was able to get out of harm’s way when New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang intervened.
Spencer Platt, a photographer with Getty Images, said he was on the top deck of the boat heading toward Staten Island around 11 a.m., talking on the phone after taking some photos of Yang, who was headed to campaign events. Platt said when he turned around, the man was “just right in my face, like an inch away.”
The man pushed him, sending him down onto a bench, and Platt said he saw he was carrying some kind of metal rod.
Read more: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/andrew-yang-helps-photographer-facing-attack-on-staten-island-ferry/2913704/
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