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Fil-Am finds healing in comedy after NJ bike attack

Filipino-American Rich Kiamco turns to comedy to heal from his recent bike attack in New Jersey and raise awareness against acts of violence.

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<div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oHkCsh6Du6k?&amp;ab_channel=ABS-CBNNews&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div id="isPasted"><span style="border:0px;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"></span>Rich Kiamco is training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu not to become a professional fighter.<br/><br/>The Filipino-American stand-up comedian is learning martial arts so he can defend himself from criminals. </div><div><br/></div><div>Kiamco was recently attacked while biking to the Laugh Tour Comedy club by the Newport Mall in Jersey City. </div><div><br/></div><div>He was jumped on by a group of teens known as e-bike pirates. He sustained a forehead injury after the Citi Bike he was riding to work was stolen from him. <br/><br/>The brazen bike theft happened in broad daylight. He got away from one attacker, but not for long as another one came along on a bike.</div><div><br/></div><div>Kiamco said this was when he got hit hard and caused him to fall off the rental bike.</div><div><br/></div><div>“There was definitely more than one,” he said of those who chased him. “My heart was racing. All of a sudden, a bike hit me.”</div><div><br/></div><div>An average of 175,200 bikes are stolen in the U.S. every year, or one bike stolen every two minutes according to the FBI. <br/><br/></div><div>But according to an independent study by Project 529, if unreported bike thefts are to be included, this number will be significantly higher at two million annually or one bike stolen every 30 seconds in America.</div><div><br/></div><div>Jersey City Police have yet to respond for more details on the incident.</div><div><br/></div><div>But as authorities continue to probe the e-bike pirates, Kiamco said he is turning to comedy for healing and to raise awareness.</div><div><br/></div><div>“For me, maybe for many comics, we take something very painful and transform it,” he shared. “We flip it, laugh at it. I use humor to free myself of that pain.”<span style="border:0px;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black"></span></div>

<p>Filipino-American Rich Kiamco turns to comedy to heal from his recent bike attack in New Jersey and raise awareness against acts of violence.</p>

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Published Feb 17, 2024 08:24 PM PHT

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