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Other passengers aimed their smartphones toward a woman being raped on a SEPTA train, police say. But no one intervened.

“We want everyone to be angry, disgusted, and to join us in being resolute in keeping our system safe,” Transit Police Chief Thomas Nestel III said Monday.

SEPTA Transit Police Chief Thomas Nestel III (left) and SEPTA General Manager Leslie Richards (right) address reporters at the 69th Street Transportation Center.
SEPTA Transit Police Chief Thomas Nestel III (left) and SEPTA General Manager Leslie Richards (right) address reporters at the 69th Street Transportation Center.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer