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By Kevin Donovan, Toronto Star, A legally blind man was brutally beaten as other passengers stood and watched after he stopped the assault of a female subway traveller.
By Kevin Donovan, Toronto Star, A legally blind man was brutally beaten as other passengers stood and watched after he stopped the assault of a female subway traveller.

By Kevin Donovan, Toronto Star, A legally blind man was brutally beaten as other passengers stood and watched after he stopped the assault of a female subway traveller.

Date11/26/1987
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0125559F
Unable to drive: Twins Keith (left) Kevin Mateff finished their automotive technician program at Centennial College with a 96-per-cent average, but they can't get driver's licenses because they'reclassed as legally blind
Unable to drive: Twins Keith (left) Kevin Mateff finished their automotive technician program at Centennial College with a 96-per-cent average, but they can't get driver's licenses because they'reclassed as legally blind
6/22/1983
Garry Murphy: Legally blind man 'didn't know what he was getting.'
Garry Murphy: Legally blind man 'didn't know what he was getting.'
8/3/1990
By Kevin Donovan Toronto Star, A tailor-made tempest is brewing in the halls of a Scarborough school - all over a pair of gray pants. Chris Dabrowski, in Grade 10, is battling an order to wear slacks that are part of the uniform at Pope John Paul II Schoo
By Kevin Donovan Toronto Star, A tailor-made tempest is brewing in the halls of a Scarborough school - all over a pair of gray pants. Chris Dabrowski, in Grade 10, is battling an order to wear slacks that are part of the uniform at Pope John Paul II Schoo
5/8/1986
Honor student: David Condie, 15, uses his new computer to study at home. He gets top marks in high school despite a rare disease which has left him legally blind and deaf.
Honor student: David Condie, 15, uses his new computer to study at home. He gets top marks in high school despite a rare disease which has left him legally blind and deaf.
11/19/1986
Officers assaulted me man tells police panel, By Chris Welner, Toronto Star, A Scarborough steamfitter was handcuffed and beaten by police after swearing at them for ticketing a friend who had been drinking on the street, a public complaints tribunal has
Officers assaulted me man tells police panel, By Chris Welner, Toronto Star, A Scarborough steamfitter was handcuffed and beaten by police after swearing at them for ticketing a friend who had been drinking on the street, a public complaints tribunal has
6/4/1987
Mom's support: Rita Schindler, 43, hugs son Brian Johns, 23, who was brutally beaten in December by a gang of teens he didn't know
Mom's support: Rita Schindler, 43, hugs son Brian Johns, 23, who was brutally beaten in December by a gang of teens he didn't know
1/2/1991
The chairman said Todd also violated other licensing bylaws by kicking passengers out of his cab before they reached their destination and by not picking up the first person to hail him
The chairman said Todd also violated other licensing bylaws by kicking passengers out of his cab before they reached their destination and by not picking up the first person to hail him
2/14/1985
Keeping watch: A security guard joins passengers on the Oakville-to-Toronto GO train last night after a sex assault on a train Tuesday
Keeping watch: A security guard joins passengers on the Oakville-to-Toronto GO train last night after a sex assault on a train Tuesday
10/24/1991
Tony Carazza is an air traffic controller at Toronto International Airport. He figures he's shepherded down planes with about 1,500,000 passengers this year.
Tony Carazza is an air traffic controller at Toronto International Airport. He figures he's shepherded down planes with about 1,500,000 passengers this year.
12/16/1969
Loading children into the back of his station wagon for a trip home from nursery school, bus operator John Davis says he is breaking the law but he must do it to make a living and I have learned how to carry children in the safest possible way. Police vigilance has been increased since a recent accident that involved a school bus in which 11 child passengers were shaken up.
Loading children into the back of his station wagon for a trip home from nursery school, bus operator John Davis says he is breaking the law but he must do it to make a living and I have learned how to carry children in the safest possible way. Police vigilance has been increased since a recent accident that involved a school bus in which 11 child passengers were shaken up.
4/10/1974
Sammy Baird is police chief of Campbellford and a Big Man there since he stood off an angry mob and caused the Riot Act to be read to avoid violence at the jailhouse. But he's also abused by many people-like the ones who covered the town's population sign he's holding with obscenities.
Sammy Baird is police chief of Campbellford and a Big Man there since he stood off an angry mob and caused the Riot Act to be read to avoid violence at the jailhouse. But he's also abused by many people-like the ones who covered the town's population sign he's holding with obscenities.
4/20/1968
Man fined for letting dogs bark as he was beaten
Man fined for letting dogs bark as he was beaten
5/10/1984