A tourist under attack in San Francisco was saved by an unlikely duo

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

Not all superheroes wear spandex or much of anything. A tourist in San Francisco was attacked on a street in San Francisco's Castro District last week by a man dressed as a pirate, wielding a blow torch. But he was stopped with a right hook and a smack to the jaw by two nudists. Peter Sferra and Lloyd Fishback have been identified by The San Francisco Standard as the naked Samaritans.

I hate seeing tourists experience that kind of stuff, Peter Sferra told the news organization. He added he hopes their quick action might encourage people in the historically LGBTQ+ district to see nudists as good neighbors. We're regular people, he said, we just have a relaxed idea of what we're supposed to wear. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.