Sydney Benes with head of security Nate Sanders at Sullivan s Pub. Sanders said Benes is looking to press charges against the two men who pushed her chair down the stairs and damaged it. Julia Zukowski(ERIE, Pa.) Sydney Benes, a Mercyhurst University student whose unattended wheelchair was pushed down stairs in a viral video, hopes her story can be used for change and she can be an advocate for others in her situation.
The incident occurred March 11 at Sullivan s Pub in Erie, Pennsylvania. A video posted to Twitter shows fellow student Carson Briere pushing Benes wheelchair down the stairs at the eatery and walking away.
Benes, a double amputee who lost her legs in a car accident in 2021, uses the chair while learning to use her prosthetics.
"All that was going through my head was man I hope this was an accident, I hope that this wasn t on purpose," Benes told ABC News.
Nate Sanders, head of security at Sullivan s Pub, said he was helping Benes go into the bathroom
(ERIE, Pa.) Sydney Benes, a Mercyhurst University student whose unattended wheelchair was pushed down stairs in a viral video, hopes her story can be used for change and she can be an advocate for others in her situation. The incident occurred March 11 at Sullivan's Pub in Erie, Pennsylvania. A video posted to Twitter
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