Jean McGuire will never walk alone in Franklin Park again after she was attacked there by a knife-wielding stranger nearly a week ago.
“I’ve never, in 91 years, not felt safe walking in the streets of Boston, day or night,” said McGuire in a conference room at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. “Never. And now I will never go up there to the park alone again.”
The 91-year-old civil rights leader made the remarks at a press event Tuesday, reflecting on how her home city has changed, as she was preparing to be released from the hospital following treatment of her multiple injuries.
