Will Keenan's 'right to wear a mask should have never been met with a violent attack that left him partially blind,' Debbie Rochon told Newsweek.
, which was not a violent act." She called the attack that damaged his friend's eye"a violent, permanent act of hate."
A face mask sign displayed in a window in Queens, New York, on May 11, 2023. A GoFundMe page created to pay medical bills for a man attacked for wearing a COVID-19 mask surpassed its goal of $10,000 on September 13.Newsweekthat he was picking up a friend at a townhouse in Jersey Cape, New Jersey, on August 27, which is part of the work he does with the nonprofit St. Babs Church of All Religions.
"He screamed at me and said, 'I told you never to wear a mask in this house,' and I replied immediately back, even louder, 'What the f*** are you talking about? I've been here five or six times with a mask every time, you've never even seen my face,'" Keenan said. After the incident was broken up by bystanders, Keenan left thinking he was unharmed in the attack, but a day later he began to experience issues with his left eye and lost vision. Doctors concluded that Keenan suffered from a detached retina, directly related to the strangulation and underwent surgery.that he was informed by doctors in Philadelphia that despite the successful surgery, there is a chance he may never regain vision in his left eye.
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