It happened around 10:40 a.m. on Thursday, June 10, in front of 293 Neptune Avenue in Brighton Beach.
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Vira Bezerganova was walking on the sidewalk at the location, and when the man turned the corner, he shoved her to the ground, unprovoked, causing serious physical injury.
76-year-old woman pushed to ground in Brooklyn
"Come to me, some tall man, very fast," she said. "And too fast, come back to me and jump and push me. I fell down, and (hit) my head."
He then continued walking.
"So much, I have hurt," she said. "If I lay down, I feel pain, everything inside, and pain is here, not too good."
She traveled by private means to NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island for treatment.
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"I stay in Coney Island Hospital six days," she said. "I have trouble with my spine, broken...I cannot sit down, lie down. I afraid to go outside. It's terrible."
She is set to undergo spinal surgery later this month.
Police say 35-year-old Andrey Zaytsev was taken into custody Friday morning.
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He is charged with assault.
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