At the Grand Central subway station in New York City, two men were observed fighting as they descended an escalator.
The struggle was taking place on the stairwell going up, and the two seemed to be entwined.
Stunned passengers scrambled to get out of the path as the duo struggled on the moving steps in cellphone video taken on the downward-moving escalator.
As the pair fell, it was visible that their legs and arms were flying through the air. As this was happening, people yelled in fear as the escalator rose.
Not until the individual filming the beating was able to see the escalator head-on was it became evident what was happening.
Then, when two onlookers—a guy and a woman—ran back down the steps in an effort to break up the fight, one man can be heard screaming on the other.
According to the NYPD, a 37-year-old Long Island man has been detained and is facing assault charges.
According to the police, “a 37-year-old male victim was hit in the face after a verbal altercation.”
The individual who recorded the video said that things escalated after one of the men refused to make room for the other person attempting to pass by on the escalator.
There were a variety of reactions; some people panicked and sought to get out of the path as fast as they could, while others just tried to get on with their day.
According to statistics from the NYPD, subway crime in New York City looks to be at a 25-year high.
In 2022, there have been nine murders on the metro.
The most recent incident occurred over the weekend when a psychotic thug purposefully shoved a guy in front of an approaching train on Saturday morning, giving Good Samaritans just a few seconds to save him.
The horrifying occurrence occurred near 149th Street in the Bronx around 11.50 am, according to surveillance video.
The 26-year-old guy was trailed for a few seconds by the pusher, who had wide eyes and unruly hair. After that, the pusher went after the man and shoved him into the path of the approaching train.
Other astonished bystanders came to the victim’s help as he left the station.
Before the train sped past the station, they were able to save him. In the assault, he sustained no harm.
The NYPD is now seeking assistance from the general public in locating the individual who pushed the victim.
It is the most recent episode in what seems to be a crime wave that is becoming worse and worse in New York City.
This year in New York City, at least 11 individuals have been pushed into the subway rails.
Michelle Go, 40, was murdered in January at the Times Square Station after being shoved in front of a train. After prosecutors decided not to object to a mental assessment that determined her attacker was incompetent to face trial, the man was sent to a mental hospital.
Mayor of New York City Eric Adams said on Monday that there is simply the “perception” that crime is “out of control” in the city.
The average of “six crimes a day” on the subway, according to Adams and police enforcement, “does not give the sense that it is out of control.”
Although he acknowledged that there are “too many guns” in New York, he also said that the NYPD has done a “great job” of seizing thousands of weapons.
We are dealing with real crimes—those eight homicides—and the sense of dread that people are experiencing, the mayor said, his voice scarcely heard over the sound of wailing sirens in the distance.
“That impression and the real crime are the mix I have to deal with.”
However, we can’t get away with having 3.5 million users of our subway system,’ he remarked.
We must be honest about this since an average of six offenses per day does not suggest that the situation is out of control.
Despite a sharp decline in attendance, recent data reveals that subway killings are at their highest level in 25 years.
There were never more than five homicides per year on New York City subway trains between 1997 and 2020.
With two and a half months remaining in the year, that number increased to six in 2020, eight in 2021, and it is already at eight.
Despite a 42 percent increase in felony crime, subway usage has practically halved.
Four million people each day, or 142 million people per month, traveled the subway in 2019.
Today, there are 81 million average monthly riders.
Officials are finding it difficult to explain the rise in crime.
When services like homeless shelters and mental health outreach programs disappeared, many have blamed the COVID-19 epidemic.
Others claim that liberal cities like New York and San Francisco’s loose bail laws are to blame.
Before the epidemic, New York State implemented extensive bail modifications in an attempt to decrease the number of low-level offenders being housed in jail.
It allowed many repeat criminals to return to society.
The election of District Attorney Alvin Bragg in New York City, who instructed his staff to avoid setting cash bail if possible, made matters worse.
Adams promised to establish a dedicated train task team in order to combat underground crime.
They still haven’t made an impact on the rising crime.
The 15-year-old Jayjon Burnett was shot dead on Friday amid an altercation between two groups on a Far Rockaway A train in New York. The mayor’s remarks on Monday came only days after that incident.
18-year-old Keyondre Russell is being jailed without bond on murder charges in connection with the death, but he insists that he is the true victim and that Burnett fired the first shot because he was acting in self-defense.
In accordance with Adams’ “Subway Safety Plan,” authorities have frequently vowed to saturate subway platforms and other public spaces with police officers. The most recent transport homicides follow those promises.
Adams said, “There are too many firearms on the streets; if you are shot in the subway or on the street, there is no sympathy or compassion.”
“We eliminated killings, eliminated shooter victims, and we are still working.”
“Our police officers did a fantastic job, but everyone has a part to play.”
“Judges must keep shooters in prison; legislators must ensure that no laws are passed allowing them to re-enter society; we must pursue these instances,”
There are far too many gins on our streets, and those that are there are also in our metro systems and schools.
There are too many firearms on our streets, they are everywhere, and we are just innocent New Yorkers.