I happened to be up at 2:00 am, I saw the group of cabbies milling about outside our building and I went down. There was something similar that happened about one block away on Saturday. Check out this post:
http://www.phillyblog.com/philly/showthread.php?p=531502#post531502 The one thing I failed to mention is the assault was done by a pair of young men. On 7/16/07, edited <edited> wrote:
Wow - how did you find this out? I actually would like to see if there is a follow-up posting in the Almanac, as I have been following this and have noticed that some crimes do not show up...) B Andersen wrote: > Last night about about 1:30 am. I taxi driver was assaulted in his cab at > 46th & Chester. They tried slashing his throat. Fortunately, he was not > seriously injured, though he did have to go to HUP for treatment. There was > a fleeet of cabs out last night on 46th St between and Chester and Regent > occupied by drivers concerned for the diver who was being interviewed by > the > PPD and being treated on site. >
