Police said they arrested the subway pusher in last week's vicious attack that was caught on camera. The victim fell face first and will be out of work for at least a month, his brother told LisaRoznerTV.
Monday, CBS2's Lisa Rozner spoke with the families of two recent subway crime victims, after around a dozen violent incidents in the system last week. on the L train platform at Wyckoff and Myrtle Avenues on FridayZack Martin told CBS2 the victim, his brother, fell several feet onto the tracks, face first. His brother is in pain and will be out of work for at least a month, he said.our whole lives, and now we're afraid to leave the house to do something so simple as go to work.
The victim's wife told us,"This fool last night, he has no business on the subway. He has no business doing what he intended to do. The cops are doing their part. It's just you ride the train from 219th Street, number 2 train ... It's bad. You see homeless. It's the mentally ill." "Thousands of additional officer tours weekly, up to 300 stations will be manned at peak hours and additional train runs will be made," said Wilcox. with funding for 1,200 overtime hour shifts a day for officers, cameras on individual train cars and addressing people with mental illness.