He and his wife did a wonderful thing. However, they should not press their luck by repeating those same reactions. He is right, one of the guys could easily have jammed a knife into his guts as revenge for interrupting the momentum. They could stay within earshot, but at a certain point, those young women made a previous choice to go to Fisherman’s Wharf unescorted, and I presume weapon free. Those guys could have grabbed his wife and made a spectacle of that harassment. If the girls are so easily frightened, it’s up to them to make sure they are at home by dusk.
But you’re making the case that the guy was a jerk and that those frightened girls should have been left to their fate.
The guy did the right thing. Period. If something like that happens again, he needs to evaluate the situation like he did before.
They had every right to go to Fisherman’s Wharf unescorted and unarmed. How many people do that every day? Do all of them deserve to be harmed? Or just the women who dare to venture out without an escort?