DePaul University student Jessica Hughes said that when two people recently attacked her on the CTA Blue Line, others riding the train just carried on with business as usual.

“I was yelling for help,” Hughes told ABC 7. “There were two other guys on the train and they did nothing. They just watched as he beat me.”

“If you were seeing someone else getting abused, wouldn’t you want to step in?”

The attack occurred around 10 a.m. Thursday as Hughes rode home from class at DePaul University heading west on the CTA Blue Line to Berwyn. Hughes told WGN a large group departed the train at the UIC Halsted stop and a man moved to the seat in front of her.

“He grabs me, pushes me to the floor and starts beating on my head repeatedly,” Hughes said.

The attacker, and female accomplice who later joined in, were after Hughes’ iPhone, but she refused to give it up.

“His body was on top of me holding me down so I couldn’t fight back,” she told ABC 7.

The female attacker punched Hughes repeatedly in the face and broke her nose.

“I’m yelling help to the other people and no one came,” Hughes told WGN.

Despite numerous punches, kicks and even a bite to her hand, Hughes held onto her phone and the attackers eventually fled the train, she said.

The Chicago Transit Authority issued a statement about the attack.

“CTA continues to work closely with CPD as they investigate the matter, which includes reviewing and providing them with any video surveillance footage. Overall, serious crime is very rare on CTA trains and buses, averaging seven incidents for every 10 million rides in 2015,” it read.

“CTA has more than 23,000 security cameras across all stations, buses and trains; it’s one of the few system-wide networks in the nation and has proved to be an invaluable tool for police investigating crimes committed on or near CTA property. In fact, the cameras are a contributing factor behind the 25 percent decrease in crime reported across CTA properties in 2015 – the fourth straight year that crimes have decreased on the CTA.”

Police later released pictures of the suspects recovered from the surveillance video, KRIS reports.

“The would-be robbers were described by the police as a 6-feet-tall, 180-pound black man between 25 and 35 years old who was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and a 5-foot-6, 120-pound black woman between 18 and 25 years old who was wearing a dark-colored Areropostale sweatshirt and black pants,” according to the Chicago Sun Times.

Hughes’ left eye was left bruised and swollen, and she was clearly terrified by the attack.

“I’m just hoping that everything they need is on that video,” Hughes said sobbing. “And they’re able to get those people that did this to me.”