“I was in Charlottesville and nearly missed getting killed or injured by the car that murdered Heather Heyer because I stopped to take a picture. I got to Cville late in the morning. I parked far away and heard the protest had been broken up and there was violence so I decided to walk down Water St. And stay away from the park where the statue is. As I was walking East on Water St. I ran into a very large group of counter protesters who were cheering etc… I decided I was going to turn the corner at 4th St. And go up to the pedestrian mall. Right as I got to the corner a feeling just made me turn around to look behind me. This older black lady was standing quite a ways behind me just looking at me smiling. I don’t know why my eyes picked her out in that big crowd. She had a shirt on that said Virginia defenders for Freedom. There was something about how happy her face was so I turned around and walked back towards her to get a picture. In doing so I walked out of harms way, because literally as soon as I clicked the picture the vehicle driven by that crazy asshat hit everyone and the two cars he slammed into wound up right where I had been standing.” – GQW9GFO