China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-07 07:43 Share CLOSE Volunteers with San Francisco's Chinatown Safety Patrol provide a reassuring presence in the district on March 23. JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY IMAGES/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE From coast to coast in US, ordinary people step in to ease Asians' fears Thousands of volunteers have put themselves at the ready to escort people of Asian descent through the streets of New York City's Chinatown as fears of racist attacks deepen. The volunteers, from a pool of almost 1,800, are walking with anyone requesting help to get them safely to their destination in Chinatown. They are meeting people at subway stations, bus stops and other places in the cultural and economic hub of the city's Chinese community.