A victim who miraculously survived being pushed onto a subway train and into the tracks of an oncoming Manhattan train has broken his silence after the New Year's Eve attack and expressed his gratitude to those who helped him. expressed.
“A huge thank you to the first responders and bystanders who saved my life on New Year's Eve… and to the Bellevue medical team,” music programmer and DJ Joseph Lynskey said in a statement posted to GoFundMe this week. mentioned in.
“I am filled with gratitude to each and every one of you.
Lynskey, 45, narrowly escaped death after he was allegedly shoved into the path of a train that was crashing into Chelsea's 18th Street Station by a deranged Kamel Hawkins.
He suffered serious injuries, including a cracked skull, broken ribs and a ruptured spleen.
Hawkins, 23, has a rap sheet that includes assaulting an NYPD police officer, and was charged with attempted murder and assault by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
The horrifying incident is one of several attacks that have rocked the railways in recent weeks.
In addition to Lynskey's stabbing, at least five other straphangers were stabbed between December 29th and January 2nd, and on December 22nd, a sleeping F train passenger was brutally set on fire in Brooklyn. died.
