Video shows psycho pushing man onto subway tracks in NYC

Every New Yorker’s worst nightmare: Harrowing video shows wild-eyed thug pushing man in front of oncoming train after stalking him along platform at midday – the ELEVENTH in the Big Apple this year

• The unidentified criminal pushed a 26-year-old man into the path of a northbound 6 train at the 149th Street station in the Bronx
• The horrific attack occurred on Saturday morning at 11.50am in a busy station 
• The attacker fled the station while onlookers pulled the victim from the tracks 
• Now, police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the thug 
• Subway murders are up to their highest rate in 25 years, with seven people killed on the subway in 2022 already 
• The highest number between 1995 and 2019 had been six 
• Violent crimes on the subway are up 42 percent from this time last year  

By Jennifer Smith, Chief Reporter For Dailymail.Com

Published: 18:55 BST, 17 October 2022 | Updated: 20:44 BST, 17 October 2022

The NYPD is hunting a deranged thug who pushed a man in front of an oncoming train at random on Saturday morning, leaving Good Samaritans to rescue him with just seconds to spare. 

Surveillance footage shows the terrifying incident at 149th Street in the Bronx on at 11.50am, while millions of New Yorkers were going about a normal Saturday morning. 

The pusher, wide-eyed and with unkempt hair, stalked the 26-year-old man for several seconds first, then ran behind him and pushed him in to the path of the oncoming train. 

He then fled the station as other, shocked onlookers rushed to the victim’s aid. They were able to pull him to safety before the train rushed through the station. He was uninjured in the attack. 

Now, the NYPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying the man who shoved him. 

Do you know this man? The NYPD is asking anyone who recognizes the suspect to call 800-577-TIPS

The thug in the camouflage pants watched his victim (above in blue) and lunged at him before pushing him onto the tracks 

The victim then walked out of the camera’s view. The criminal ran after him 

This is the moment the thug ran towards the victim and pushed him into the path of the train before fleeing the station 

It is the latest incident in what appears to be an ever-worsening crime wave in New York City. 

At least 11 people have been shoved onto the subway tracks in New York City this year. 

In January,  40-year-old woman, Michelle Go, was killed after she was pushed in front of a train at the Times Square Station. Her assailant was sent to a psychiatric facility after prosecutors declined to challenge a mental evaluation that found him unfit to stand trial.

Recent data shows subway murders have risen to their highest in 25 years, despite plummeting ridership. 

Between 1997 and 2020, there were never more than five murders a year on New York City subway trains. 

That number rose to six in 2020, eight in 2021 and it’s already at seven with two-and-half months left of the year. 

Felony crime on the subway is up by 42 percent, but ridership has almost halved. 

In 2019, an average of 142million people rode the subway every month –  around four million people a day. Now, the monthly rider average is 81million. 

Officials are struggling to explain the uptick in crime. 

Many have blamed the COVID-19 pandemic, when they say resources like homeless shelters and mental health outreach programs stopped. 

Others say it’s down to relaxed bail policies in liberal cities like New York and San Francisco. 

Before the pandemic, New York State brought in sweeping bail reforms in an effort to reduce low-level offender prison populations. 

It released many repeat offenders back into the community. 

That was compounded in New York City by the election of District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who told his staff to avoid imposing cash bail wherever they could. 

NYC Mayor Eric Adams vowed to crackdown on subway crime with the introduction of a designated, train task force. 

They have not yet had an effect on the worsening crime.  

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