92-year-old woman speaks out after being randomly attacked in NYC, suspect arrested
"I'm frightened to tears," she said. "I'm not going to walk there on my own, and it's very upsetting. It's very upsetting."
The push caused the woman, a retired teacher who didn't want her name used, to fall on the ground and hit her head on a fire hydrant.
"I thought it was a brick or something like that," she said. "Hit me on the right scalp, on the right side of my head, and of course I fell down on the street. There were a couple of young women there. They helped me up. They said, 'I'm going to call an ambulance.'"
She's still bruised but otherwise OK after the routine walk to the drug store ended with a trip to the ER. She credits her good health for making it home, where she intends to stay for the time being.
"I've felt very safe in the city, and now, forget it," she said. "I'm afraid to go out."
The former educator had some words of wisdom for her attacker:
"There are better ways for you to have a better life, and it's happening now with all the marches," she said.
