I Sent a Stranger Home During a Night of Protests in Hong Kong

I am grateful that I did.

Photo by Joseph Chan on Unsplash

On the night of 28th July 2019, Hong Kong saw one of its first large-scale protests against the Extradition Law in the Sheung Wan district. At the time, I was going home on the train moving in the direction of that area. Due to growing uncertainty, my train suspended its service and stopped in Sheung Wan altogether…