I really feel bad for what happened to her, but if she’d let the thief go with her purse and not pursue him, she’d have her health and well-being to go work another day and replace what she’d lost. I’ll bet she just visited the merchant window at the bank, maybe someone inside was watching and tipped off the car waiting in the parking lot. And rage over her lost earnings overcame her reason and sense of self-preservation.
If she ever wakes up from her coma, I bet she will agree with you. She made a dumb mistake.