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“Want to say thank you to a kind stranger”

By Prince Of Petworth

If this is you, please email me at [email protected] and I’ll connect you with OP.

“Dear PoPville,

Earlier this week on Monday, June 13, I fell off my bike trying to go up a curb around Dupont Circle and fell. I didn’t have any serious injuries but I hit my mouth and the bleeding made me think my injuries were worse than they were (and note that I was wearing a helmet).

No one was around to see me fall but I flagged down a woman as she was walking out of a building between 21st/22nd st and N St. She helped me call 911 and stayed with me until the ambulance came, (more…)

“If the driver that got hit needs a witness I’m happy to weigh in, I saw it all.”

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Eric P.

“Dear PoPville,

I saw a car crash turning from Logan Circle to Rhode Island heading NE around 6:30 pm on Thursday the 11th. If the driver that got hit needs a witness I’m happy to weigh in, I saw it all.”

If this was you and want to be put in touch with OP please email me at [email protected] and I’ll do so. Thanks.

“We’re lucky to live in such a kind and caring community.”

By Prince Of Petworth


“Beautiful day in Petworth” photo by Jake

“Dear PoPville,

My wife Jean and I want to send a big thank you to all of the people on Shepherd Street NW for PorchFest on Saturday April 29. Our 13-month old Jack had a simple febrile seizure, and gave his parents quite a panic. We want to let the community know how grateful we were for your help calling 911 and keeping us calm. And we want to especially thank Dr. Christina Baviskar for stepping in and helping us. Jack is doing great and has made a speedy recovery. (more…)

“a thanks to an anonymous stranger”

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Diane Krauthamer

“Dear PoPville,

i didn’t get to thank a very kind stranger for intervening on my behalf. i (a female) was biking by myself around 11:30 pm on friday night, headed north on 6th st in southeast. as I was approaching the intersection of 6th and penn, there was a man in the street that was shouting at cars. i stopped a good way back from the intersection so as not to interact with him as i waited for the light to turn green. unfortunately for me, he saw me and rushed towards me yelling nasty things and getting incredibly and uncomfortably close. he was blocking my bike and screaming in my face and i did not know how i was going to get away from him. (more…)

“Friday Night H Street NE Incident”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

Friday night (February 17th) my friend and I (we are both young women) were leaving the Little Grand (7th and H St. NE) a little after 11pm. We were walking home going west on H Street NE when a man standing outside of the Whole Foods yelled something at us (I didn’t hear what he said as my friend and I were in mid-conversation). The man was tall, stout, and probably in his 40s. My friend and I kept walking and we could hear him continuing to shout at us. He was saying things like, he needed to tell us something, he was the black Jesus, he knew God, and was mad we weren’t talking to him. We realized he was following us as he was shouting. He followed us to H and 4th NE when (more…)

“This mom was there with her daughter who had a hurt arm, and she literally became my daughter’s guardian angel that day”

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Diane Krauthamer

“Dear PoPville,

I am reaching out to see if you would be able to help me find a mom I met at Children’s National’s Emergency Department last weekend (12/3, around 5pm.) I came in to the ED with my 17m old, who was very very sick- she had lost the ability to use her left arm and leg, and we weren’t sure why. This mom was there with her daughter who had a hurt arm, and she literally became my daughter’s guardian angel that day. (more…)

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