NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – The NYPD released images of a suspect in this week’s subway shoving in Tribeca that left a woman with a fractured leg and in fear of taking the subway again.
The 34-year-old victim, Wan Xu, told the New York Post that this was her worst nightmare and that she was “already afraid to take the train because of this happening.”
“I don’t know how I’ll ever take the train in the future,” she said.
Xu had just gotten off work at a massage salon and was waiting for a southbound 1 train at the Chambers Street station just before 11 p.m. Tuesday when a man shoved her to the tracks and ran off, according to police.
Xu said she “didn’t have any warning” as her attacker “suddenly pushed me down with all his strength from behind.”
“I was very scared,” the married mother of one said. “I tried my best to get out.”
Good Samaritans quickly rushed over to help and she had to “endure the pain” as they pulled her back onto the platform. Thankfully, no train was arriving at the time.
Xu was transported to New York-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital with a fractured leg. She was continuing to recover at home Thursday and will eventually need surgery to reset the bone.
The suspect, who remains at large, is believed to be in his 40s.
“I think this person must be crazy,” Xu said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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