Humanity gesture simply destroyed: vandals smash the seat of an 85-year-old

Created: 08/17/2022, 11:00 am

By: Andrea Kästle

Erika Eggelsmann was so happy about her red chair, which had been put up for her at the bus stop.

Now it has been destroyed by unknown persons.

© Andrea Kästle

The Pullacherin Erika Eggelsmann (85) was so happy about her red chair, which had been set up as a seat at the bus stop.

Now vandals have destroyed the chair.

Pullach

- It was such a nice idea: Because 85-year-old Erika Eggelsmann from Pullach had broken her kneecap and regularly had to take the bus to physiotherapy, but there was no seating at the Birkenallee/ Seitnerstraße stop, the Greens councilor had her At the beginning of July, Marianne Stöhr quickly put a bright red varnished chair there.

He was mistaken with a personal dedication: "For Erika".

Now the chair is gone.

At some point in the past few days, the chair lay smashed on the sidewalk, and a friend then cleared away the individual parts.

"I'm really upset"

"I'm really sad," says Erika Eggelsmann, who you meet at almost every event in the community and who is very socially committed.

She can now cycle carefully again, she still goes to physio, if it rains she of course prefers to take the bus.

Where she now has to stand still at the bus stop again.

She has already called the municipality and reported on her dilemma.

"I don't know if the administration is doing anything," she says, fearing "that nothing will happen."