Good Samaritan stabbed while trying to break up fight on subway in Manhattan

ByEyewitness News WABC logo
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Good samaritan slashed trying to break up subway brawl
A good samaritan is recovering after they were slashed while trying to break up a fight on the subway.

LOWER MANHATTAN (WABC) -- A good Samaritan trying to break up a fight on the subway early Wednesday ended up becoming the victim when he was stabbed.



The NYPD says the 31-year-old man was stabbed on a train as it was pulling into the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station around 6 this morning.



He initially told police he was trying to break up a fight between two other riders but has since stopped cooperating with investigators.



Emergency responders brought him to Bellevue Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.



Police are looking for two women for questioning.



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