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The living victim of the MAX train stabbing Friday, Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, is a former Madison high school student who won a 2013 poetry competition with a poem condemning prejudices faced by Muslims.
Fletcher was one of three men who approached suspect Jeremy Christian, who was allegedly yelling racial slurs at two young women, one of them wearing a hijab. Christian stabbed all three men, killing two of them and injuring Fletcher.
Fletcher's decision to stand up for the women was perfectly in character, said Mandela Cordeta, 26, an old friend. Fletcher's been passionate about social justice for years, he said. This was particularly evident in his poetry, Cordeta said.
Fletcher, now a Portland State University music student, won a Verselandia poetry slam in 2013. The subject of one of the two poems was the continuing prejudice Muslims face after the 9/11 attacks.
At the time, he said his growing passion for writing had transformed into a desire to speak out for others. "I was sick of not being heard," he had said, "and I was sick of other people not being heard."
Fletcher is a student at Portland State University.
The living victim of the MAX train stabbing Friday, Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, is a former Madison high school student who won a 2013 poetry competition with a poem condemning prejudices faced by Muslims.
Fletcher was one of three men who approached suspect Jeremy Christian, who was allegedly yelling racial slurs at two young women, one of them wearing a hijab. Christian stabbed all three men, killing two of them and injuring Fletcher.
Fletcher's decision to stand up for the women was perfectly in character, said Mandela Cordeta, 26, an old friend. Fletcher's been passionate about social justice for years, he said. This was particularly evident in his poetry, Cordeta said.
Fletcher, now a Portland State University music student, won a Verselandia poetry slam in 2013. The subject of one of the two poems was the continuing prejudice Muslims face after the 9/11 attacks.
At the time, he said his growing passion for writing had transformed into a desire to speak out for others. "I was sick of not being heard," he had said, "and I was sick of other people not being heard."
Fletcher is a student at Portland State University.
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