Posted on 10/13/2020 9:32:18 AM PDT by rickmichaels
A renowned Japanese jazz pianist has been robbed of his ability to play his instrument after he was attacked by eight teenagers at a train station in New York City.
Tadataka Unno, 40, who may never be able to play the piano again, was exiting the West 135th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue subway station in Harlem on September 27 when the suspects blocked the turnstiles and confronted him.
The musician attempted to walk around the group, but was yelled at and pushed from behind. He was eventually punched in the face and body.
According to Unno's wife, racial slurs were also yelled during the attack.
But police say no anti-Asian remarks were indicated in the report but the investigation is ongoing.
Unno was rushed to Harlem Hospital where he underwent surgery on his shoulder.
'I had no idea why I was shoved. One of them pointed at me and said, This guy just pushed me' to her peers. This was not true,' Unno told CNN.
'One of the others said, "She's pregnant," as if to imply that I had just attacked a pregnant person.'
Unno said: 'I might never play again.
'The trauma, both physical and mental, are severe, and I have no timeline for a full recovery.'
Unno said he is completely unable to use his right arm following the attack.
Jennings, an instructor at the Julliard School, and a good friend of Unno's says he is now suffering mentally and physically and is unable to play his instrument, which is his sole income.
'He's going to need some type of cushion to not worry about it, the medical bills, and he's going to need therapy,' Jennings told CBS Local.
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Oh well, teens are gonna teen.
Jesus, I hope he gets his skill back. However, I must say that foreigners in general are breathtakingly naive ...as are many everyday Americans...as to our “problem”.
I see your map. Are u afraid to drive in North Carolina
Maybe Julliard should leave NYC.
That’s what joggers look like....
NYC, Subway, Harlem station = trouble.
> I must say that foreigners in general are breathtakingly naive ...as are many everyday Americans... <
I suppose it’s a bit like being Jewish in 1935 Nazi Germany. You don’t think anything is going to happen to you until something happens to you
Didn’t read entire article. Did they shatter his collar bone?
Teens
Does anyone know what that 3-finger gesture is supposed to mean?
Charles Bronson would’t hurt either.
DeBlasio’s New York.
They need to Getz an awakening...or maybe put in permanent retirement?
The Laguardia H.S. of the Music and Art used to be located where this attack took place. Many famous musicians, actors, and actresses graduated from this school.
The main City University of New York campus is still there, so it isn't surprising someone non-black would have been attacked (maybe giving a piano recital?).
In physics a 3-finger gesture is used to show the the force on a wire in a magnetic field. But I don't think that’s what the guy was demonstrating here.
NYC has become an open insane asylum.
So terribly sad, for this historic and once great city.
No personal experience, thank God, but I have noticed the use of the instant lie by the lowlifes, both black and white. And in a group, they back each other up. As you say, it’s time to retreat, if retreat is possible.
Some people did something.
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