r/toronto • u/nmrch • Jun 26 '21
AMA - I was the guy who got stabbed last night on Yonge St AMA
This was me but it actually didn't happen in front of the Chelsea Hotel, that's where i called 911 and the cops/ambulance found me but the stabbing itself happened on the east side of Yonge between Elm and Gerard, under the scaffolding.
I was walking north towards Yonge and Gerard when i felt a punch in the back, this was around 8.20 PM. I turn around and i see this kid(edit because someone requested i add description: young black kid, teens to early 20's, didn't see his face, avg height, wearing shorts, on the skinny side, that's all i saw unfortunately) jogging away, i thought it was just a punch and just stood there for a minute or two and didn't do anything. I starting walking south because earlier i saw a cop car and was trying to see if could haul him down and that's when i started noticing wetness in my back.
I walked into the Ali Baba restaurant and asked the guy at the counter whether i was bleeding and how bad it was. He told me i was bleeding a lot and i was bleeding all over his floor, he got mad and told me to leave lol. I walk outside the restaurant and see a couple of guys in medical PPE kits across the street, figured i would ask them to see what i should do. I was just super confused at this point. One of them was like you're bleeding bad, you should go to the hospital, he suggested i walk 5 minutes to mount sinai.
I started walking west on Elm but decided to just call 911, i wasn't sure how bad the bleeding was and at this point my shirt on the back was fully wet. I didn't know whether it was worth a 911 call but i didn't want to take any chances. I had to wait a minute to get the operator on the line but at that point it was okay, the operator insisted i stay where i am and not to try to walk to the hospital. The cops, ambulances, firetruck arrived within 2 minutes. The paramedics told me the wound wasn't too deep and my breathing was good so it didn't penetrate my lungs.
The cops were asking me all kinds of questions at this point, thinking that i got into an altercation with someone. They took me to St.Mike's, by now it was clear i was going to be fine, just some bleeding with no internal damage. I think one of the trauma surgeons(?) determined i was a non urgent case and i was basically put inline with everyone else in the ER. I had to wait an hour to see the Doctor who did an X-Ray and an ultrasound to confirm the wound did no internal damage. I was given a tetanus shot and discharged at 11.30.
The cops were with me the whole time and i gave them my statement via Body Camera, the case was handed over to 51 division because the stabbing happened on the east side of Yonge and the cops who initially worked the case were from another division working west side of Yonge. They didn't tell me anything about the case except that they have the kid on Camera running down Yonge Street.
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u/anglomike Jun 27 '21
I haven’t tried that Lebanon express, but the one in the junction is just the bomb. So delicious.