The woman who was stabbed by a maniac at Grand Central Terminal on Christmas Eve says he came up from behind and punched her – and no one was around to help her after he plunged the knife into her throat. Came.
Imani-Ciara Pizarro, 26, had gotten off the fourth train around 10 p.m. and was headed to her administrative night job at the Roosevelt Hotel, which has been converted into a migrant shelter, when she was attacked.
She was FaceTiming with her neighbor when she saw blood splattered on the floor near the turnstile. A few seconds later, Pizarro “blacked out” when the attacking “sucker” punched her in the back of the head “as hard as he could”, causing her to fall to the ground.
The suspect, who has not been identified, began repeatedly yelling at her, “What’s your problem?” – And then attacked him with a small knife, cutting his throat. Then he threw Pizarro’s phone away.
Witnesses to the stabbing, many of whom appeared to be tourists, were “simply stunned.” Police were nowhere to be seen, he said.
“I wish I could travel for my livelihood and not be attacked. I wish there had been police at Grand Central when I was attacked, but there were none. I was running for help and there was no one there,” she said.
“Usually there are police at four different places and I ran to each one of them but there was no one there,” she said.
“Nobody called 911. Nobody called 911 at Grand Central. That was my neighbor. I called my neighbor. I was talking to my neighbor on the phone when it happened and she called 911. Did.
The second victim, a 42-year-old man, was “even more seriously injured than I was,” he said.
Pizarro said, “It was almost like he wanted to be caught as he ran toward Grand Central” toward the central ticket booth yelling “I hate all of you.”
She hid until her attacker fled the station, and with no one around to help her as she bled from her neck, Pizarro ran to the Roosevelt Hotel where medical staff dressed her wound. Bandhi.
Sources told The Post that after Pizarro was stabbed, witnesses called the attention of police, who arrested the suspect and recovered the knife.
“This is not fair. We are being hurt every day. And I can’t do anything. I can’t protect myself. I have almost been attacked twice in the last 2 months by mentally ill people. I Tried to ignore but he also doesn’t like to be ignored,” Pizarro said.
Sources said the suspect had been arrested thrice earlier on charges of criminal mischief, assault on rent and assault on a police officer.
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