As police search for the suspect, the Chittom family says they won't forget the kindness from strangers.
-- A vacation turned into a nightmare for a teenager from Nashville. He was assaulted in an unprovoked attack nearOn Thursday, CBS2's Tim McNicholas spoke with the young man and his family about how New Yorkers stepped up to help.They are not the images Chittom planned to capture Wednesday. The 17-year-old artist wanted to take photos and sketch the beauty of Central Park with his parents.
"This guy just right-hooks him and he's down. At that moment, I saw my child like fall into the street," Lynn-nore Chittom said. "Well, I basically just toppled to the ground, pooling blood around me. Well, not around me, around my nose, really," he said.The Chittoms said the man who punched him took off into the park.
Stunned, Thom and Lynn-nore tried to help their son, but they weren't the only ones to do so. A doorman rushed out and gave Caleb napkins for his bloody nose. Another man quickly called 911.