The NYC subway is completely secure. Simply ask Kathy Hochul.
A bespectacled 71-year-old girl who was on her method to church on New 12 months’s Day was violently attacked by 4 teen ladies on a New York Metropolis subway.
Linda Rosa informed The New York Publish that as quickly as she went by the turnstile, one of many suspects grabbed her purse – however she wasn’t having any of it and fought again.
Rosa stated her glasses went flying after the kids punched her within the face as they tried to mug her.
In response to The New York Publish, Rosa grabbed one of many teen’s braids and pulled her down. As one other teen approached her, the sufferer grabbed onto her hair and pulled her down as effectively.
“I obtained an impression in me that she was going to stomp me once more, however she was going to purpose in the direction of my head,” Linda Rosa informed The Publish. “So I obtained up straight away, and with that, I grabbed her braids and twirled them round my proper hand, after which I pulled her down. She had her head down. Then the opposite younger woman stated, ‘Let her go.’ And I stated, ‘Oh, no, I’m not letting her go.’”
The shocked teenagers ultimately ran off because the aged sufferer referred to as out for assist.
Rosa was handled for non-life-threatening accidents. The 4 suspects are nonetheless at massive.
Video posted by NYPD CrimeStoppers reveals the teenager suspects making an attempt to rob the aged girl:
The New York Publish reported:
A plucky aged girl on her method to a New 12 months’s Day church service fought again when a violent group of sweet sixteen ladies pummeled her throughout a botched theft inside a Brooklyn subway station, cops stated.
Linda Rosa, 71 – a retired MTA pc operation employee who lives in East New York – obtained off a No. 3 practice at Hoyt Avenue simply after 6 p.m. and had simply handed by the turnstile when one of many 4 ladies tried to seize her purse, she informed The Publish Friday.
“After which I [said to myself], ‘Oh, no, this isn’t going to occur at present,’” Rosa stated.
“The primary individual saved preventing,” Rosa stated. “She punched me in my face and I’ve my glasses on, and I’ve a reduce on my nostril. When she punched me in my face, my glasses flew to the ground.”
“In the meantime the opposite younger woman was nonetheless attempting to distract me to get my pocketbook or go into my purse, to grab one thing out of my purse,” she recalled.
The teenager ended up grabbing a pocket pouch that held Rosa’s ID and medical data, she stated.
“I used to be nonetheless wrestling with the primary individual,” Rosa stated. “Then I used to be attempting to kick her in between her legs, however my leg wouldn’t stretch far sufficient, so I consider that’s once I fell. I fell, after which she stomped on me.”
Rosa stated she sensed that the hostile teenagers weren’t achieved but, so she took motion.
