Police say the man said ‘I’m going to push you’ before he shoved the woman onto the tracks in the East Village. Rana Novini reports.
A woman was pushed onto the tracks at a subway station in the East Village Tuesday night, police say.
The 49-year-old victim, Kamala Shrestha, was standing on the northbound platform at the F train station around 9 p.m. when a man in his 20s approached her from behind and shoved her unprovoked, police said.
The stranger told her, "'I'm going to push you,' maybe 'I'm going to kill you,'" Shrestha recounted from her home Wednesday morning, still in shock and recovering from an injury to the head. "He just had a very angry face."
Several bystanders rushed to her aid and pulled her off the tracks, seating her on a nearby bench. No train was approaching at the time, authorities say.
"Two guys, they were young guys, they said, 'Come on, come on, come on!' And they gave me a hand," said Shrestha.
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Young boys and homeless men on the East River waterfront south of the Brooklyn Bridge in the early 1960s. The location is currently the site of the South Street Seaport's Pier 16-17.
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A mother and her son stand on the north side of East Fourth Street, just east of Second Avenue, in the late 1960s.
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An ice vendor in a sombrero on the Lower East Side in the 1960s.
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The intersection of Delancey and Orchard streets in the late 1960s.
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Vendors and shoppers in front of 210 Canal St. in the early 1980s.
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"Mr. Purple" at the Eldridge Street Garden on Eldridge Street in 1980.
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Street artists in 1980.
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The Alamo cube on Astor Place, near Cooper Square, in the early 1980s.
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An accordion player and his audience in Washington Square Park in the 1970s.
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A mural at 500 Broome St. in the mid-1980s.
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Women on the steps of 263 E. 10th St. in the mid-1980s.
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Payphones at 36 St. Mark's Pl. in the early 1980s.
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A woman walks by 26 E. First St. in 1991.
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A man gives a haircut at Paul McGregoir Haircutters at 15 St. Mark's Pl. in 1970. The shag haircut was invented at the location, which was also the inspiration for the film "Shampoo."
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The facade of the old Penn Station in 1963. The station was undergoing demolition at the time.
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The Bread and Puppet Theater Parade on Bleecker Street in 1980.
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Orchard Street, just north of Delancey Street, in the 1970s.
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Norman Mailer campaigning for mayor in 1969.
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The skyline of Midtown as photographed from First Avenue at Fourth Street.
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A man roasts meat on a sidewalk spit.
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Lincoln Swados, the brother of writer Elizabeth Swados, in front of 99 E. Fourth St. in the early 1980s.
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A Latino church procession marching south on Second Avenue in the 1970s.
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Hare Krishnas dancing on Second Avenue in 1969.
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The filming of "The Godfather" on East Sixth Street, between avenues A and B, in 1971.
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The St. Mark's Theater in 1980. It was showing the Martin Scorsese film "Taxi Driver."
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A woman with a parrot in the early 1980s.
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Men riding a bus in the late 1970s.
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What's believed to be the Feast of San Genero in the 1970s.
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A man reading a newspaper on a couch on Second Avenue, between 3rd and 4th streets, in the late 1970s.
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People on the corner of West Broadway and Broome Street in the mid-1980s.
Shrestha was taken to Bellevue Hospital with a cut to her head. She was home recovering with a bandage to the head Wednesday.
The suspect was last seen wearing a black shirt and dark pants. Police are still searching for him as they interview witnesses and scour surveillance video. Shrestha's husband wants police to catch him quickly.
"This thing that happened to my wife yesterday, that can happen to anybody else," said Namlal Shrestha.
Commuters know the chance of being pushed onto the tracks is a real possibility for anyone.
“There’s always a chance when you’re in the city," Dan Derosa of Brooklyn said. "I’ve taken the subway my whole life so you’re always looking.”
The Shresthas now want to find the good Samaritans who helped Kamala.
"They saved my wife's life," said Namlal Shrestha.
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