An “emotionally disturbed person” shoved an elderly woman off a New York City subway platform and onto the tracks below Saturday morning, the New York Post reported, citing police sources.
WABC-TV reported that the attack was random.
‘Now that I’m getting older, I am more concerned about safety on the subway, and I try to stay away from the edge.’
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The 70-year-old unidentified victim was on the northbound side of the 57th Street and 7th Avenue station just before 11:30 a.m. when the suspect approached her from behind and shoved her down to the tracks, police told the Post.
Witnesses jumped down to the tracks and pulled the woman back upon the platform, the paper said.
The victim was taken to Cornell Hospital in stable condition; she was being treated
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