Gwen Stefani superfan credits her love of singer for helping her survive brutal subway attack in NYC

The victim of a brutal attack on the New York City subway is crediting gwen Stefaniin part, by helping her gain the knowledge to survive a near-death ordeal.

The incident occurred on September 19. Maddie Cole, 22, was on her normal route home when she got off at the Crown Heights subway stop and was suddenly knocked unconscious by an unidentified man, who then pushed her onto the subway tracks.

Calling the random act of violence “the scariest thing in my life”, the young woman regained consciousness and still had the means to get on the platform and run out of the station.

‘It’s because Gwen has called me up on stage so many times. That’s why my body knew what to do’, the Brooklyn native saying Fox 5 News in New York.

Survival Story: A 22-year-old Brooklyn resident credits Gwen Stefani, in part, with helping her survive a violent attack on the New York City subway, where she was beaten and thrown onto the tracks.

During the interview, the Gwen Stefani superfan explained how she has attended a large number of her shows, both as a solo artist and as the leader of No Doubt, and how she has taken the stage several times.

Most recently, he took the stage during Stefani’s Las Vegas residency, which happened to be about the same height as the subway platform.

“You never think you’re going to be at a point where you say, I need to live, that’s all I could think of,” the woman said, recalling the moment she was beaten and bruised while lying down. the train tracks.

The “Don’t Speak” singer-songwriter spoke about the attack in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.

‘It’s Maddie [Cole]. I know her and I follow her. I actually just saw her, right when we came off The Drew Barrymore Show,” Stefani said before hinting that there was something special about her that set her apart from the rest of her fans.

Gwen’s onstage antics helped the woman: ‘It’s because Gwen has called me on stage so many times. That’s why my body knew what to do,” the 22-year-old told Fox 5 News in New York about how she had the means to regain consciousness and get back on the subway platform.

He’s come to a million of my shows, he dresses like me. I don’t follow a lot of fans, but a few years ago when I was on the Vegas show, I started following random people. So you think you know them because you see them every day. It turns out that she is one of them,” she added.

“The fact that it happened to her, she told me, ‘You have to move out of town.'”

Police say the attacker stole her phone and then left after the beating and is still on the loose.

As for Cole in the aftermath: his face was badly bruised and his face was swollen with two black eyes.

And although the attack has now been in the rearview mirror for three months, sadly the young woman has been traumatized enough to fear that someone could attack her at any moment.

“I think everyone who looks at me is going to hurt me,” he explained, adding: “That’s what has changed in me, I don’t trust anyone anymore.” I think they’re all going to hurt me now.

Something special: Stefani has brought women, whom she identified as Maddie Cole, to her stage multiple times throughout her career as a solo artist and as the leader of No Doubt: “She’s come to a million of my shows, she dresses like me,” he said of Cole, before revealing that he is one of the few fans who follows him on social media.