Blind man speaks out after being slashed in East Harlem subway fight

EAST HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- A blind man was slashed and his friend punched in the face during a dispute on an East Harlem subway platform that started as an argument on the train.

"My nose was literally hanging off. So they sewed it back on. My ear was dangling so they sewed that back up. I got five staples in the head," said Jason Camacho, victim.

Camacho can't believe he ended up like this after an argument over a seat on the train.

Camacho and his friend got on an uptown 6 train at 103rd Street Thursday night around 9.

Camacho is legally blind and his 59-year-old friend noticed two men hogging multiple seats, so the friend told them to move over and let his disabled friend sit down.

Angry words turned to violence and spilled out of the train at the 110th Street Station onto the platform.

"They started throwing punches at me. The punches turned out to be stabs, knives at me. I got sprayed with the mace. He got sprayed with the mace. It was total mayhem," Camacho said. "I was covered in my own blood there was blood everywhere."

Police released images from the station of the men they believe are responsible for the attack.

Camacho has no sight in one eye and limited vision in the other.

He says he's a distant cousin of the late boxer Hector Macho Camacho.

He even followed in his footsteps and trained despite his disability, but it wasn't enough again knives and pepper spray.

"The whole time I said was, 'I'm going to end up dead. If I don't do something to protect myself, if I don't break the guys arm to protect myself, I'm going to be dead,'" Camacho said.

Camacho says no one stepped in during the fight which he understands since the men had weapons.

He says riders came to his aide as the men ran away.

"I walk with a walking stick, I'm legally blind, by law I shouldn't be going through this. They're cowards. Worthless cowards," Camacho said.

Police released a picture from security footage showing the two suspects. One is described as a black male in his mid to late 20s wearing a burgundy jacket and glasses, while the other is described as a Hispanic male in his 20s, about 5-foot-8, wearing a long black coat and short braided hair.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).