Crazed stranger shoves elderly man onto NYC subway tracks in terrifying silent attack
A crazed stranger shoved an elderly man onto the train tracks at a major Midtown subway station early Wednesday, police said. The 72-year-old victim was waiting on the northbound F and D train platform at the 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station around 4 a.m.
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A crazed stranger shoved an elderly man onto the train tracks at a major Midtown subway station early Wednesday, police said. The 72-year-old victim was waiting on the northbound F and D train platform at the 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station around 4 a.m. when the attacker approached him from behind and pushed him without saying a word, according to cops. The gutsy senior then climbed back onto the platform by himself and was taken to Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he was listed as stable.
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- A crazed stranger shoved an elderly man onto the train tracks at a major Midtown subway station early Wednesday, police said. The 72-year-old victim was waiting on the northbound F and D train platform at the 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station around 4 a.m.
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