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Heavy, hot air blew through the subway platform as I stood waiting for the train to take me into the city to meet my family for dinner in May. Five hours earlier, I had graduated from college and was still in the white dress I wore to graduation that morning. I saw a man jump the turnstiles but did not think much of it as it happened quite frequently in West Philadelphia. I heard his footsteps grow louder and looked up just in time to see him grab the man standing next to me, shove him against the wall and...