Thug is charged with attempted murder for pushing a 35-year-old woman onto a moving NYC subway

A man has been arrested after a woman was assaulted and pushed onto a subway in Manhattan on Sunday morning.

Kamal Samrade, 39, of Queens has been charged with attempted murder and assault in connection with the attack on the 35-year-old woman who was pushed onto a moving subway car on Sunday morning.

Emine Ozsoy, 35, is in critical condition after the horrific attack as she walked on a platform at the downtown Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street station on her way to work at around 6:05 a.m. on Sunday.

The woman whose spine was broken and her face sliced ​​to the bone after being pushed into a moving NYC subway car kept asking “am I going to die?” a witness has revealed.

Witness Nancy Marrero, 45, of Long Island City, said she saw the victim walking down the subway platform and trimming her hair before seeing a man suddenly grab her head and push it against the side of the departing train.

She didn’t even see it coming. With open palms, he simply pushed her head—not her body—into the train. She just tumbled, kept spinning because the train kept hitting her,” Marrero told the New York Post.

“She kept asking me, ‘Am I going to die?'”

“The NYPD acted quickly, using images from MTA cameras, to apprehend a suspect and bring justice to the victim, who is in our thoughts at this terrible time. It is now up to prosecutors to do the maximum legal remedies,” the police said. NYC Transit President Richard Davey.

“It is now up to prosecutors to pursue the maximum sentences prescribed by law.”

According to the NYPD, subway crime is down 8.1 percent year-to-date by 2023, including a 12.8 percent decrease in crime.

“With the exception of 2021, at the heart of the pandemic, this is the third-lowest year to the beginning of the year for subway crimes in recorded history,” NYPD Deputy Chief Norman Grandstaff told Monday. the MTA board.

a GoFundme page for the Turkish immigrant who lives in Jackson Heights described her as a “beautiful soul,” and said doctors had initially told her friends she had a slim chance of restoring movement below the neck.

Marrero told The Post that Ozsoy immediately said she didn’t know her attacker — or what had just happened after the attack.

“I was like, ‘Do you know him?’” Marrero said.

She was like, “I don’t even know what happened.” I said, “A gentleman just pushed your head into the train.”‘

“She was like, ‘Oh my God, I don’t know — I don’t even know… I can’t even remember what happened.’

Ozsoy was on her way to work at the time of the attack.

“You could see the white inside, it was that bad,” the postal worker said of the resulting cut that worked its way down the woman’s bloodied face.

“She said, ‘I can’t feel my arms. I feel like they’re broken.'”

Marrero said the suspect did not appear to be homeless or dirty. She says the attack left her traumatized.

“When I got home that night I was in tears because I kept seeing her face and watching him just push her onto that train,” Marrero said.

“I’m so scared, and my son is scared of me if I have to leave in the morning to go to work,” Marrero said.

“Now I hold my back to everything I can. I’m traumatized.’

Shiv Patel, a friend and colleague who set up the fundraiser for Ozsoy, wrote that she went against all odds to start moving her arms in the hospital a day after the attack.

Patel’s page — which refers to the victim as Emine Yilmaz — said her medical expenses had already reached the six-figure mark.

“This fund is on behalf of Emine Yilmaz, a kind, beautiful soul who was tragically attacked on the New York City subway on her way to work,” Patel wrote.

“Emine is a source of joy as a friend, colleague and human being. She is artistic, light-hearted, witty and most of all someone we consider family.

“Doctors initially told us she had a small chance of restoring movement below the neck. In just one day, she challenged that prognosis by moving her arms. It’s a huge step, but her road to recovery will be long and challenging. She is a fighter and is already fighting to recover. She will get there, but she needs everyone’s help.

“Her medical expenses have already reached six figures and any donation will be gratefully accepted with an open heart.”

Patel continues, “If you’re unable to make a donation, please consider sharing this link to spread the word, or even to keep Emine in your thoughts.”

The fundraiser has already raised $6,330 of a $200,000 goal.

“Nobody should have to go through such a horrific tragedy, especially if they are just trying to fend for themselves. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you all so much for taking the time to read this,” the post concluded.

Ozsoy fell backwards on the platform after slamming her head against the train, sustaining serious spinal injuries and lacerations to her head, authorities said.

The assailant fled on foot, heading for the Second Avenue exit after the attack.

Surveillance photos released by police on Sunday evening show the alleged attacker wearing a black shirt with a white trim, blue jeans and white sneakers. The man appears to be holding a cup of coffee while standing on the platform.

According to NYPD statistics, three subways have run to tracks so far in 2023. Overall, subway crime is down 8 percent this year.

Earlier this month, a homeless man was killed by a former Marine at a Broadway-Lafayette station when a 30-year-old passenger menacedly entered the subway.

The former Marine, 24, then placed him in a headlock until he was unconscious and died.

Last summer, a 26-year-old pregnant woman was beaten multiple times by a key-wielding man in Manhattan, critically injuring the victim.

As of March 2020, 27 people have been violently killed on the subway, compared to an average of two per year in the five years before the pandemic began.

The NYPD revealed that twenty-five people were pushed onto New York City subway rails in 2022, killing at least two people while others narrowly escaped death.

One such attack was that of David Martin, 32, who was walking through the Wyckoff and Myrtle Avenue subway station in Brooklyn when Lamale McRae, 41, randomly charged across the platform and slammed him into the rails.

The attack was captured in a haunting video that showed McRae – a career criminal who had spent 20 years in prison for attempted murder – calmly putting his bag on the subway before throwing himself after Martin and then fleeing.

Figures from the New York City Police Department obtained by DailyMail.com showed that more subways were pushed in 2022 than in all of 2021.

Manhattan saw at least six shoves — including both fatalities. The Bronx and Brooklyn each saw pushes at least three times, and Queens saw one.

Crime in the New York City subway is up 30 percent by 2022. Multiple anti-crime initiatives were spurred by the escalating violence on a vital transit network.

Mayor Eric Adams has expanded transit police presence, spending $20 million more per month on overtime costs since January, according to Bloomberg.