Two brain surgeries since surviving a brutal attack on a New York City street, award winning Filipino American journalist Randy Gener made his first public appearance at a fundraiser yesterday.
ABS CBN had a chance to talk to him during the event.
“I’m okay, convalescing, recovering,” Gener said. “It’s been about two weeks almost since getting out of the second hospital.”
Gener disagrees with investigators from the New York City Police who says the attack on the gay journalist was not a hate crime.
“Why would he do this?” he asked about suspect Leighton Jenning of Queens, N.Y. “I have no idea. I never worked with him. It was completely random. I was going home, and next thing you know he attacked me. So hate is the only thing that comes to mind.”
You can learn more about Gener’s recovery and efforts to raise money for his medical bills in the video clip below.
RE: Journalist Randy Gener makes 1st public appearance after attack: Howard Sherman writes eloquently in his column about me: “This inexplicable attack leaves me, and no doubt others, inarticulate. Hold Randy Gener in your heart as he recovers. Do what you can to support him in that recovery. Speak out against violence and hate whenever you’re able. Look at the handful of photos below as an insufficient record of a public expression of love for Randy, on behalf of all who were there and all who wish they could have been.”
See more at http://www.hesherman.com/2014/01/27/for-randy-as-…