A man pushed a woman into a moving subway train: terrible details of the attack are revealed

The prosecutor's office revealed frightening details of the incident in which A man pushes a woman into a moving train in the New York subway. He writes about it NBC New York.

The attacker was 39-year-old Kamal Semrade. He was taken into custody and will be prosecuted on charges of assault and attempted murder. The victim is 35-year-old Emine Yilmaz Ozsoy.

The investigation suggests that Ozsoy was an accidental victim and did not know the man who pushed her. It is not known if he said anything before the attack, but the NYPD says it was completely unprovoked.

Semrade and Ozsoy boarded the same train in Queens that morning, according to court documents. They both got off the train on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. He followed her along the platform, and when the train began to move, "grabbed her by the head with both hands and pushed her with all his strength towards the moving subway car."

The charges contain an account of the injuries suffered by the victim. First, she hit her head on the train, then her body rolled along the train and collapsed onto the platform. According to court documents, the victim was "instantly paralyzed" and is currently unable to move below the neck. Ozsoy's injuries include a fractured cervical spine, broken fingers, a scalp laceration, and damage to four major blood vessels.

According to doctors, there is still a risk that the 35-year-old woman will have a stroke, in addition, she could die from her injuries. The victim remains in the hospital in critical condition. Prosecutors say they have witness statements and CCTV footage to support their case.

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Among the witnesses and Nancy Marrero.

“I saw him walking next to her on the left side, and then he just pushed her head into the train. After that, the victim hit his head, and her body seemed to turn around in a circle, and she fell onto the platform, ”said Nancy.

The man immediately ran away, and Marrero screamed and ran to the victim to help her.

“I ran up to her and started asking if she was okay,” Nancy recalls. “Her hand was twisted and she said, ‘I can’t feel my hand.’”

Marrero was comforted by Ozsa, who kept asking if she was going to die.

The husband of the victim, Ferdy Ozsoy, said that Emine is an artist of Turkish origin. She lived and worked in Istanbul before moving to New York in 2017. Since then, the wife lives here and is an "award-winning artist, illustrator."

“This tragic act of violence greatly affected her life. She suffered a serious neck injury, which led to significant restrictions, Ferdy explained. “Unfortunately, her mobility will suffer, which will greatly affect Emine's daily life. But, of course, faith and hope are endless. She is young. She is a strong woman."

He describes his wife as a carefree creative person who loves to walk through art galleries and teach art to others. Ferdy says he was born and raised in New York and moved to Turkey in 2009 and met Emine in 2011. They got married in 2014 and decided to move to the United States in 2017.

“We took a risk because we wanted to start a new life,” said Ferdy Ozsoy.

He says that his wife has no relatives here other than him, and they are working on obtaining emergency visas so that relatives can visit the victim. Her husband expressed "deep gratitude to the NYPD, kind people and everyone who extended a helping hand."

Friends and family members were initially given a poor prognosis - a very low chance that the woman would be able to move her body below the neck. But Ferdy claims that Emine is already proving she can recover, even though she has a long road to recovery.