Gregory Abbott

My story is not one of a direct crime victim, but a victim of crime done to people I cared about. For every crime victim, there are probably a dozen like me who carry around some sort of guilt for not standing up to the perpetrator, not calling someone on bad behavior or ignoring the wrongs done to someone to avoid drawing attention.

“Yellow Bus” is a story about that guilt: once at an age of powerlessness to do something to right a wrong; another instance where courage fell short to right a wrong. That’s why 30 and 40 years after the fact, I can still picture those assaults and still feel troubled that I did nothing to try to stop it.

Crime doesn’t just have one victim. It has a circle of victims scarred in different ways.