Someone stole my iphone in broad daylight while waiting at a crosswalk.

I ran after him screaming and yelling, and he dropped his phone when he looked back as he ran across two lanes of oncoming traffic. I picked up his phone and kept screaming and yelling that I was getting robbed. When he noticed, he turned back and asked to trade for his phone back. My phone for his.

We exchanged phones and he ran off. Crisis kinda avoided?

A nice man came up to me and asked me if I was alright. He walked me home to make sure I was ok. And a nice bicyclist asked me if I needed him to pursue the culprit on his bike. Thank goodness for kind people in this world.

I'm still terrified by what happened. If he was armed, I could have been seriously injured while pursuing him. I've always wondered if I had a fight or flight instinct, and I guess now I know.


Have you ever been robbed?
Do you have any recommendations on how to get over my new fear of walking to/from class alone? :[