I'm the Subway Sharpie/Purell guy. [View all]

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Last edited Sat Feb 11, 2017, 01:19 AM - Edit history (3)

I guess if I'm gonna have my anonymity blown, it's in a pretty cool way.

That said, hi, I'm Jared Nied. Pleasure to meet you.

https://nytimes.com/2017/02/05/nyregion/swastika-nyc-subways.html

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/05/us/subway-nazi-graffiti-new-york-trnd/index.html

ETA my statement, hell, my formal press release on this whole thing. Unedited, literally as I typed it onto my Facebook feed..

Hi guys..

Bewildered, confused and pleasantly shocked doesn't even begin to describe this...never in a million years did I think anybody would record my moment, let alone that it would explode like this. I'm honestly not sure what to say other than that I was just doing the right thing, the thing that needed to be done. I'd have been as satisfied with just going home and telling my amazing wife what I did, and maybe a couple of the guys at work. It's just how we should be...my mom raised me to care beyond words, and my dad made me into the man who can put that care into action.

That said, I'm thrilled this has gotten so big because I hope, in some small way, I can teach the world how to be better.
Much love,

–me

New edit..

Thanks whoever got me a star, I'm not sure if I deserve it 😶

More press..

https://www.facebook.com/CTVNewsChannel/videos/1327589800635681/

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.3968914/we-just-came-together-new-yorkers-scrub-nazi-graffiti-subway-with-hand-sanitizer-1.3968917