Aftermath

So, after a couple of weeks Adam is finally settled. You know, it's one of those things - when people say they've been mugged you think and say oh no or are you ok. But it's one of those things, unless it happens to you, you really don't think of all the ramifications. The criminal that mugged him took his keys, his debit card, his ID, his phone, got into his bank account and managed to get a few hundred dollars - and it turned it into a two week round robin. He couldn't call to fix things because his phone was gone. He couldn't get a phone because his access to money was gone. He couldn't withdraw any money because his ID was gone. And the thief went back and took his bike because you know, if you're going to fuck someone over you might as well do a good job at it. 

But there is the other side of things, people stepping in to help out. His landlord was willing to wait for the rest of his rent money,  working out payments if he needed to. His friend and roommate Jimmy was great - he lent Adam enough money to get by until we could wire him some. He spent part of his day off walking David through how to wire money, then went down and picked it up since Adam still had no ID. In the meantime one of the store owners let Adam use the store phone to make what ever long phone calls he needed to (when everyone has phones that go by minutes you can't sit on hold forever). Someone let him know you can get ID at Walmart (did you know that? I didn't!). A coworker told Adam her son was moving and he'd be willing to sell him his bike at a reasonable price. David helped keep up with the phone calls and eventually the money found it's way back to his account

His face is healing and I think he's recovered. During this a few people have shared their stories with him, his friend Jimmy actually was mugged right after he arrived in New Orleans. I'm sure it will make Adam more cautious, but all in all things have finally righted themselves. As I said when this first happened we have been so grateful that the only thing that was lost were things that were not easily replaced, but could be replaced. And it does go to show, although it usually does happen to somebody else, sometimes you have to be somebody else.