A straphanger stabbed throughout a vicious mugging on a Manhattan practice advised The Submit on Tuesday that he tried to supply his attacker a smoke, solely to be repaid with a knife within the facet.
Building employee Caesar Martinez, 34, recalled he was touring house after a day of labor on a southbound F practice round 10 p.m. Nov. 22 when he was attacked.
The sufferer, who lives in The Bronx, stated the suspect first requested him for cash to purchase cigarettes because the practice approached the thirty fourth Avenue-Herald Sq. Station in Midtown.
“The man wished one thing to purchase cigarettes, so I took out a pack, and when he noticed the pack, he stated, ‘No, I don’t need it,’ ” Martinez stated.
“Then he stated, ‘Give me your cash and your cellphone.’ I didn’t need to give it to him, so he stabbed me within the facet with a knife.”
Martinez tried to get away from his assailant because the practice pulled into the station however was stabbed once more by the fiend, this time within the head, because the suspect tried to seize Martinez’s backpack — a bloody scuffle caught on surveillance video.
Footage reveals the lads persevering with to brawl, with the attacker stabbing the ailing Martinez but once more, this time within the left shoulder.
“Perhaps if he’d stabbed me within the neck, I wouldn’t be speaking to you proper now,” Martinez stated.
The brute ultimately wrestled the backpack away from Martinez, who stated he had misplaced all of the energy to maintain preventing at that time. Contained in the bag was about $200, an Apple watch and numerous development instruments.
Martinez suffered 5 punctures altogether, he stated.
He was taken to the hospital in secure situation however continues to be affected by the assault.
“I can’t go to work as a result of there’s an excessive amount of ache,” Martinez stated. “No one is paying me. I’ve been out of labor eight days already. They’re going to fireside me if I don’t go.”
Martinez arrange a GoFundMe to pay for his payments whereas he's out of fee.
Within the meantime, he fears venturing out onto the trains the place he may very well be focused once more.
Newly launched NYPD statistics revealed that felony crimes reminiscent of homicide, assaults and robberies surged within the subway system by 40% to date this yr by October in comparison with 2021.
“I’m watching each time I stroll to the subway,” Martinez stated. “Each time I am going, I go searching. You possibly can put 20 police in a single station, however the issue doesn’t occur throughout rush hour. The issue occurs at night time, when nobody is there.”
Martinez’s attacker continues to be on the lam, police stated.
He's described as about 6’5″, 240 kilos, with a medium construct and facial hair. He was final seen carrying a black baseball hat with “SOX” in white lettering on the entrance, a black jacket with a black hood, black pants and black boots.
-Additional reporting by Tina Moore
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