An 83-year-old man who was one of two men shoved onto New York City subway tracks earlier this month has died.
Bairon Posada-Hernandez, an illegal immigrant, was later arrested in connection with the March 8 incident.
Police said Richard Williams of Roosevelt Island died on March 17 from injuries suffered in the unprovoked attack, according to WNBC-TV.
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He and John Rodriguez, 30, were separately shoved onto the tracks.
Both men were pulled from the tracks before a train arrived at the Upper East Side station, where they were waiting for a subway train.
As noted by NewsNation, Williams was an Air Force veteran.
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