According to US media sources, on January 26, local time, the New York police released a photo of a fugitive suspect, who pushed a 62-year-old man off the subway platform on the 23rd. This is the second similar accident in the New York subway in 10 days, just on the 15th, a Chinese-American female executive was pushed off the subway by a homeless man and unfortunately died.
On the 23rd, the man pushed people off the platform in the New York subway, pictured from the New York Post
Comprehensive "New York Post", CNN (CNN), "Washington Post" and other US media reports, the accident on the 23rd occurred in the Lower Manhattan Fulton Street subway station in New York. At around 11:30 a.m. that day, a 62-year-old man was pushed off the platform from behind and fell onto the tracks.
New York police said the victim hurriedly climbed to a spot under the platform, but his leg was still hit by a train. After being hit, the man climbed back to the platform and was subsequently taken to a nearby hospital. Fortunately, the victim suffered only minor injuries and is currently being treated in hospital for a laceration of the leg muscles and is in stable condition.
According to New York police, the pusher was a man in his 20s, wearing a camouflage jacket, who fled the station after pushing the person. On the 26th, the New York police released the photo of the pusher. As of the morning of the 27th, the New York police are still pursuing this person.
In addition, the police did not release the names of the victims, and it is unclear whether the attack was targeted.
It should be noted that this incident occurred at a time when American society was highly concerned about the crime problem in the New York subway system, because on January 15, a woman was pushed off the platform and killed in the New York subway.
That morning, Michelle Go, a Chinese woman living on Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York, was waiting at Times Square. As the train entered the station, Simon Martial, a 61-year-old male tramp who had been undergoing psychiatric treatment for many years, suddenly pushed her off the track, causing her to die instantly from impact and crushing.
According to US media, Michelle Gao graduated from a well-known business school in New York, served as a senior manager in Deloitte, one of the "Big Four", responsible for mergers and acquisitions, and just celebrated her 40th birthday last December.
Michelle Gogh, from The New York Post
In less than 10 days, there were two vicious attacks in the New York subway, and Janno Lieber, chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA), which manages public transportation in New York City, issued a statement on the 23rd, pointing out that "these incidents are unacceptable and must be stopped."
In addition, Lieber also said in an interview with WABC on the same day that he did not want people to feel that their lives were threatened when they stood on the subway platform, "but everyone should stay away from the edge of the platform."
A day after Lieber urged people to stay away from the edge of the platform, the NYPD released several data. In 2021, there were 461 felony attacks on New York City's subway system, an increase of about 28 percent compared to 2020. Of these, 30 involved pushing people off the subway, an increase of 4 over the previous year. Edward Riley, a spokesman for the New York City Police Department, also told The Washington Post that so far this year, police have learned of five attacks that pushed people onto rails.
On the same day on the 24th, the newly appointed Director of the NYPD Transit Bureau, Jason Wilcox, promised to deploy more police on subway trains and platforms to ensure the safety of public transit passengers and alleviate the fears of passengers. "We want passengers, New Yorkers, people who come here, people who work here, people who go to school here, see our officers and feel safer." We are determined to achieve that goal. ”
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