It was 5:30 PM! and so just after sunset , but not like college students dont need to be out when libraries and bookstores close. She was close enough to crawl to a Columbia University security booth,
The big lesson for anyone is dont walk alone...always with a buddy.
Also she still had her phone, so this wasnt just robbery
Stabbed in the face, stomach, armpit
This was a rage attack by feral men on a privileged white female student
....Race and economic class
Its dark in NYC at 5:30 at this time of year. I guess she felt immune some how. Very sad.
Basically dark by an hour this time of year. And the park is a number of blocks long but only a good-sized block wide.