Happy Birthday...
Vivi and I were walking home after a great birthday dinner, strolling through the city streets, and enjoying the slight breeze cooling off Santa Cruz...
...I didn't see the first guy walk up, but Vivi recalls that he was walking on the same sidewalk as us, then crossed the street to seemingly avoid walking into us...the teenage kid suddenly turned around, he shoved a gun in our faces, his friend came running up behind us...Vivi handed over her purse and started to run away...I brought the attention over to me, throwing my hands up in the air, yelling, "Over here! I have money. It's here in my pockets"...the two assailants let Vivi free...they frisked me, both shoving their hands in my pants pockets, taking the cheap extra wallet that I use while traveling and my ten dollar used cell phone I bought in a hand-me-down market...While this happened, Vivi hailed a cab and started to get in...the two muggers saw their golden opportunity to utilize this escape vehicle...I watched them open the door on the left side to get in...Vivi was doing the same on the right...I grabbed Vivi's arm, alerting her from getting in the cab...we quickly walked in the opposite direction, the cab and our wallets sped off with the two assailants...The neighbors watching didn't do anything...I don't blame them for not wanting to get involved...It just disturbed us that nobody asked if we were OK...The next passing cab stopped for us and we rushed off to Vivi's house....Nobody was physically hurt.
...I didn't see the first guy walk up, but Vivi recalls that he was walking on the same sidewalk as us, then crossed the street to seemingly avoid walking into us...the teenage kid suddenly turned around, he shoved a gun in our faces, his friend came running up behind us...Vivi handed over her purse and started to run away...I brought the attention over to me, throwing my hands up in the air, yelling, "Over here! I have money. It's here in my pockets"...the two assailants let Vivi free...they frisked me, both shoving their hands in my pants pockets, taking the cheap extra wallet that I use while traveling and my ten dollar used cell phone I bought in a hand-me-down market...While this happened, Vivi hailed a cab and started to get in...the two muggers saw their golden opportunity to utilize this escape vehicle...I watched them open the door on the left side to get in...Vivi was doing the same on the right...I grabbed Vivi's arm, alerting her from getting in the cab...we quickly walked in the opposite direction, the cab and our wallets sped off with the two assailants...The neighbors watching didn't do anything...I don't blame them for not wanting to get involved...It just disturbed us that nobody asked if we were OK...The next passing cab stopped for us and we rushed off to Vivi's house....Nobody was physically hurt.
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