The crazy attacker stabbed Strafanger with his eyes at a lower subway station in Manhattan early Saturday morning.
The 57-year-old male victim was at 14th Avenue Square Station when oral conflict broke out at about 12:46am, around 12:46am, the NYPD said.
Police say the suspect escaped from the station on foot before plunging an unknown sharp object into the victim's right eye.
Surveillance footage released by authorities shows a young attacker looking over his shoulder, apparently walking quietly, walking over his shoulder before jumping through the subway turnstyle with a brown paper bag and an unknown black object.
The suspect was wearing a green hooded sweatshirt, a black leather jacket, black gloves, dark pants and white sneakers. The video will be displayed.
The first responder transported the victim to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue for stable treatment, police said.
It was unclear whether the attacker and the victim knew each other.
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