The Asian man’s wife was seriously injured after being repeatedly kicked in the head by a stranger in East Harlem, begging the police on Saturday to bring justice to her husband’s attacker – and “pay” him.
Yao Pan Ma, 61, was collecting cans on Friday to help meet the family on the side of Third Avenue and East 125th Street when a maniac hit him from behind, dropped him to the ground and at least Kicked in the head six times – a horrific, video-assault, amid growing anti-Asian hate crimes.
31-year-old Baozen Chen’s 31-year-old Ma’s wife posted in Mandarin via a translator, please let her think during an exclusive interview from the door of her former East Harlem apartment.
A home attendant who takes care of elderly patients, Chen was at work and was not expected to return home until the weekend when he received terrible news from police, which released a 12-second clip on Saturday in which the biggest attack occurred.
“I was scared. I was crying,” she said. “I didn’t know what to do. Why? Why did they do this to my husband? Why did this happen? It was sudden. I didn’t expect it. “
The couple have two grown children, both married and living in China. Her husband worked in a restaurant – helping cooks, washing dishes, but lost her job due to an epidemic.
That’s why he was collecting bottles and cans on Friday nights – doing whatever he could to help the family’s finances, his wife said.
“My husband is a hardworking man,” she said. “He picks up bottles to help pay rent and bills. He is innocent. He did nothing wrong. He is a very kind person. he is quiet. He does not cause trouble to make people mad.
Police said the suspect was loose, and was last seen wearing a black jacket, black pants, white shoes and a multi-colored baseball cap.
Police said anti-Asian violence has increased in anti-social attacks and is being investigated as a hate crime.
The chain is conscious of growing rapidly.
“I am more cautious. I am afraid that someone will jump out and attack me like they did to my husband, ”she said. “I look around me.”
The couple’s 20-year-old niece is also shaken.
“I got scared and went mad. I don’t feel safe, “she said. “I am afraid to walk on the streets when it is dark. I go home before it gets dark. Many such incidents are happening. Now it’s closer to home … it’s so wrong that it happens and it’s not just a time.
“They didn’t do anything worth it.”
Ma is in critical condition in a medically induced coma at Harlem Hospital, according to his wife and police sources. Sources said he suffered neurological confusion and facial fractures.
“When I saw her in the hospital … her face, I cried. I still cry,” said Chen, who revealed her husband’s name during her Saturday morning visit, “asking if she would give me Can hear. “
“He gave me no response.”
The devoted wife said that she would return with her husband by evening.
“I hope he gets up and talks to me and gets better and comes home,” she said, her eyes tired with an endless stream of tears. “It’s very hard to believe … very cruel.”
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