Random transit attack leaves Calgary youth with serious injuries; police charge man in connection

A 17-year-old Calgarian is concerned about safety in the city and on transit after he was randomly attacked while getting off a bus. Jacob Giraldo Mejia was on his way to work at a downtown diner just before 9 a.m. on March 16 when he was assaulted by another passenger as they exited a city bus near 1st Street and 8th Avenue S.W. Giraldo Mejia says he didn't even see the man behind him throw the punch that shattered his jaw. "(It) was fractured in two areas," he said, adding he received surgery