Samaritan was stabbed for attempting to cease a thief from stealing a lady’s cellphone simply steps from Columbus Circle over the weekend, cops mentioned.
The violent robber, seen carrying all black, grabbed the 35-year-old lady’s cellphone at West 58th Road and Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen round 12:50 a.m. Saturday, police mentioned.
The do-gooder, 39, noticed the mugging and tried to pry the machine away from the thief — to no avail, based on cops.
The armed bandit then turned on the Samaritan, stabbing him within the abdomen with an “unknown object,” police mentioned.
The injured man was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Heart, the place he was listed in secure situation.
In the meantime, the unnamed phone-snatching sufferer continues to be “a little bit traumatized by the entire expertise,” her mom advised The Put up by cellphone Monday, as she described the ordeal as “simply loopy.”
“She’s OK, however the gentleman who was attempting to assist her who was damage continues to be within the hospital,” she mentioned. “He had surgical procedure.”
“Her cellphone was stolen, I do know that,” the sufferer’s mother added. “Somebody was attempting to assist her.”
The aggressor, who fled on foot, had not been caught as of Monday.