Junkies take shelter at BofA ATM building, leaving Bronx woman unable to withdraw cash: ‘I hate it here’
- A Bronx woman tried to use an ATM and saw that it was full of vagrants
- She saw three men slumped in the Bank of America facility in Fordham
- βI hate it here,β she is heard saying as the camera pans to the homeless men
A woman in the Bronx who tried to get money from an ATM was shocked to see it was full of homeless people who appeared to be using drugs.
She walked to the Bank of America branch in Fordham and saw three men collapsed in front of the machines.
The woman filmed the incident and shared it on TikTok, where it was viewed more than 30,000 times.
βI hate it here,β she is heard saying as the camera pans to the homeless men seen on the ground.
A woman in the Bronx who tried to get money from an ATM was shocked to see it was full of homeless people who appeared to be using drugs
She walked to the Bank of America branch in Fordham and saw three men collapsed in front of the machines
The woman tried to enter the ATM before discovering the homeless men in front of the machines.
Images show the men unresponsive, lying on the ground and possibly using drugs.
βI hate it here so much,β she can be heard saying. βI really need to get my damn money out of the ATM.β I hate it here.’
βI wouldn’t go in there,β one user commented.
The woman filmed the incident and shared it on TikTok, where it was viewed more than 30,000 times
TikTok users quickly shared their reactions to the incident
βYou couldn’t pay me to move back to New York,β said another.
βThis makes me so sad,β said a third.
While a fourth commented: ‘They think that about people too [are] Are you actually going to go in and take money if they’re in there?’
Drug overdose deaths in New York increased during the pandemic, largely due to illicit fentanyl and similar synthetic opioids.
In 2021, 30 New Yorkers per 100,000 died from a drug overdose. Opioid overdose death rates in New York were higher than national rates in both 2020 and 2021.
DailyMail.com has contacted Bank of America for comment.