Woman’s campaign to find good Samaritan goes viral

KAITLYN Regehr has launched an online campaign to find a complete stranger. The reason will restore your faith in humanity.

A WOMAN assaulted on a bus has launched a social media campaign to thank a man that leapt to her aid.

Kaitlyn Regehr, a PhD student at King’s College, was on a bus in London at around 10.30pm on Tuesday when she felt someone grope her.

“I didn’t say anything, I just felt uncomfortable and moved out the way,” Kaitlyn told BuzzFeed about the encounter.

“I know that sounds ridiculous, (but) I did what most women would do, just move away, and hope that he doesn’t get off the bus and follow you.”

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Another passenger that saw the 30-year-old being assaulted stood up for her.

“He told the guy who touched me ‘what are you doing?’” she told BuzzFeed.

“The guy intervened and it got a little bit heated, but he was clearly saying it loud enough for the bus to hear. He also said ‘Do you have any women in your life? Do you have a mother, a sister?’, and I was really touched by that, he kind of humanised the situation.”

Regehr said she didn’t get a chance to thank the man properly so she’s taken to social media to find him.

She’s posted a picture of herself holding a sign that reads “thank you” alongside an open letter of gratitude to “the tall, dark, and dapper one with a beard”.

Grateful ... the post has received international attention.

“Most of all, thank you for asking him about the women in his life, his mother, his sister,” she wrote.

“You said, ‘She could be your sister. She is someone’s sister’, and in doing so you made me a person. You made us a community.”

Regehr said the stranger’s action went beyond just helping her.

“I thank you not just because you stood up for me, or because you made me feel safe, but because on your transit home – in this big, potentially anonymous city – you humanised assault,” Kaitlyn continued. “You didn’t turn away. You took a stand. You said something.”

The post has already been liked by more than 91,000 people and shared more than 49,900 times.

Kailtyn has since contacted the police to report the incident.