Stan Zir was stabbed in the chest [literally] and then stabbed in the back by SGI

Stan Zir was stabbed in the chest in the SGI New York Community Center, giving his all to protect the members and the Gohonzon from a crazed assailant. For years after the incident, he suffered from recurrent collapsed lung [pneumothoraces]. Years later, he complained to Mr. Kasahara that a senior leader had raped his wife. Instead of the perpetrator being taken to task, Stan and his wife were excommunicated.