IS chivalry a thing of the past?
I'm sorry to hear that nobody stopped to help Claire Hughes who was attacked and mugged last week near Wiggington Road ("Robbed, punched - but no one came to my aid", September 10).
The ordeal of being mugged is scary enough without being left to feel as though you're on your own and helpless.
On my way home from work a week ago, I heard a woman's cries for help coming from inside a house and stopped to see if she was okay. As I did a man came out of the house and attacked me, no questions asked.
His attack left me with a badly bruised and cut face. He also broke my mobile phone, sunglasses and cycle helmet, which will cost me over £300 to replace.
Despite what happened to me I would stop to help somebody again, especially if it is a woman in trouble. It's a shame to think that because of the fear of retaliation there are few others that would do the same.
In the absence of the emergency services I feel it is our public duty to help those that need it.
Dylan Thomas,
Monkton Road,
York.
Updated: 12:00 Monday, September 13, 2004
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