A 91-year-old civil rights activist and education pioneer who was stabbed while walking her dog in a Boston park last week said Tuesday as she was released from the hospital that she no longer feels safe walking alone in the city.
“I’ve never in my 91 years not felt safe in the streets of Boston, day or night, never,” Jean McGuire said during a news conference with family at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, with her right hand and forearm still heavily bandaged. “Now, I will never go up there to the park alone again. It’s in my head that it wouldn’t be wise. It’s a different time.”
