Mother speaks out after 7-year-old son assaulted at Queens subway station
LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens (WABC) -- A mother is speaking out after her 7-year-old son was assaulted by a woman at a Queens subway station last month.
The incident happened back on Feb. 23 inside the 21 Street-Queensbridge subway station.
Police say the woman - likely three times the size of the child -- is only a fraction of the 37-year-old mother's age. They add she looks like she could be a mother herself.
"I make sure he was safe with his brother and I went after her," the mother said.
The mother told Eyewitness News that she and her son were waiting for a northbound "F" train when they were approached by the woman. The woman "out of the blue" pushed her son down to the ground.
"Like she elbowed him," the mother said. "She bumps like really hard and he's really small. So, he tumbled. And then when I confronted her about it, she swung at him again. "That's when she hit him in the eye. And then that's when we got into a little argument and. she pulled out a knife."
The child was transported to the hospital for minor pain to his leg. The mother did not suffer any injuries.
"Me being the mom that I am, I was going to attack her back," the mother added. "I was going to physically do me."
The child was asked not to be identified. But the mother says even after a month -- he's still doesn't want to get on a train.
"He doesn't want to get back on a train," she acknowledged. "He's nervous when people come next to him."
Anyone with information regarding the 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).
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