9/11 Survivor Who Helped Subway Victim Says Attack Was Racially Motivated
A vicious beating aboard a New York City subway left a 68-year-old man bloodied and the witness that came to his aid says the attack was racially motivated.
Police say the seemingly random attack happened aboard a northbound 1 train in the middle of the afternoon on Friday. Narayange Bodhi, who is from Sri Lanka, was commuting to his security job when the suspect punched him in the head.
George Okrepkie was sitting across from Bodhi on the train when the suspect threw the punch. Okrepkie, a 9/11 survivor, says he was in shock.
"I could not believe that somebody would attack a man of that age," he said. "Before I could even look he was standing on top of him."
Okrepkie says he was watching something roll across the floor of the train when he heard the suspect appear next to Bodhi and say, "You. You Asian MF."
Police have not released a motive for the attack or said if their investigators believe the attack was racially motivated.
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