New York woman speaks out about subway sexual assault that went viral

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      You might have seen a disturbing video that went viral two years back. In it, a man on a New York subway sticks his hand up the skirt of the woman sitting next to him and sexually assaults her while she's asleep.

      No one on the subway stopped the attack. But one man videotaped it and posted it online.

      Elisa Lopez was the woman sleeping on the train. She didn't even know that she had been assaulted until she saw the video online.

      Two years later, she's speaking out for the first time, supported by the anti-street harassment organization Hollaback. In a video, she says she is "tired of being afraid".

      "The worst thing you can tell someone who is a victim of any kind of sexual assault and feels broken...is, 'It could have been worse,'" Lopez says.

      Lopez continues: "Just be fucking strong, because although there are those shitbags that know exactly how to hurt us and make us feel like we were responsible for whatever it was that happened to us, it's just not true."

      The suspect in the sexual assault hasn't been caught. Lopez's video asks anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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