Deaf woman, 59, on her way to church falls onto NYC subway tracks after being 'hit in the head' by homeless man who was arrested four days earlier for 'sucker-punching' another woman

Daily Mail ^ | 6 September 2021 | By SANDRA SALATHE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

[Hojczyk]

A deaf woman fell onto the subway tracks in New York City after she was hit in the head by a homeless man who had been arrested for sucker-punching another victim just four days earlier.

Xing Zhou, 59, was on her way to church when a man hit her in the head at 10am Sunday morning at Manhattan's Union Square subway station. She lost her balance during the attack and fell onto the tracks.

Two bystanders helped Zhou off the tracks and waited with her until help arrived. She was taken to the hospital and given medication for her pain.

Police later arrested Vladimir Pierre, 41, who is accused of sucker punching another woman four days ago at a different subway station.

With the help of a sign language interpreter, Zhou shared her harrowing experience with Eyewitness News.

Zhou said she suffered a knock to her head as a result from the fall, in addition to hurting her leg and her back.

The suspect hit Zhou so hard that she said her glasses fell off.

The alleged attacker, who is described as homeless, was only given a desk appearance ticket and released shortly after.

'That's a problem,' Zhou told reporters, 'He's injuring people and causing pain. My head still hurts. I'm still in pain.'

Zhou said she's unsure if Pierre directed any anti-Asian slurs at her on account of her not being able to hear.

Despite the terrifying and random attack, Zhou said she will continue riding the subway.

[dfwgator]

I always use the analogy of a neighborhood, everybody lives in their own house. The Street itself, can be diverse, with people of different cultures living in their own homes. Everybody gets along fine and respects their neighbors. People are good guests and hosts and respect each other when they visit each other.

But what happens when suddenly you force all of these families to live together under one roof and they have to share common resources? That is multiculturalism in a nutshell. It’s not a natural way to organize life for the diverse people who live on this planet. It only leads to strife and conflict. People want to live in a country where they feel they belong and control their own borders, language and culture.

[Steve_Seattle]

Thanks for the info.

[Albion Wilde]

People want to live in a country where they feel they belong and control their own borders, language and culture.

Yep, in all the bleating about the penumbras (expressive rights) of the First Amendment, we never hear about "freedom of association" any more.

[PallMal]

A Hatian with communist-loving parents. Not that so far-fetched.

[Vigilanteman]

Japan welcomes foreigners whom they deem useful. My family and I from 1988-2002; my daughter and her family since 2017. Foreigners are to be paid a wage premium of at least 10% over the going wage for a Japanese doing similar work.

That not only ensures that they get the cream of the crop, but legal American residents in Japan actually have a lower crime rate than native Japanese.

[Chode]

stranger things

[SteveH]

Thank you for the term. I see a definition of sorts on wiki. The definition is somewhat vague and couched critical theory terms, which means that I would need to rev up my critical theory term translator to make any sense of it (ummm life is short so...lol). Maybe someone else here can translate it.

[PLMerite]

Damn, that’s an awful lot of forehead to aim for.

[cherry]

"Does he have to kill someone before the "criminal justice system" does its job?"

well, even then......*sigh*

[Qui is]

Wrong.

For the last 10 years I have been a volunteer for several homeless charities in the greater Los Angeles basin (Catholic Charities, Salvation Army, Hollywood Homeless Services, Children of the Night) and can attest to the fact that you are as ignorant and biased as every other liberal terd.

Homelessness is indeed rampant among the mentally ill and addicted population, but there is also a sizable percentage of homeless people that have become victims of circumstance. I estimate that currently 20-30% of the homeless people I work with are neither drug addicts, alcoholics, convicts or mentally ill. Rather, they are good, decent, moral and ethically sound people that are victims of circumstance. (Not victims of racism, bigotry or capitalism. They are victims of circumstance.)

Suggest you put your money where your mouth is and do some volunteer work before you pop off again, douchebag. So take your self-righteous opinion and shove it where it where the sun don’t shine.

I really despise idiots like you.

[AlaskaErik]

If you have a job where you have to be there at 9, you don’t have much of a choice: walk, spend your whole salary on cabs, or take a two-hour ride on a bus sitting next to the same person.

I did just fine by never living in a s***hole city like NYC. Why people live there is beyond me.

[firebrand]

I worked in this field in the 1990s. Maybe I am speaking only for New York.

[Qui is]

Perhaps. But it’s a different story on the left coast.

Granted, the habitually homeless find their way out here because of the generous social service and charity resources, but there is a considerable number of individuals and families that have been forced to live in their cars/trucks and compete with the drug addicts, alcoholics and mentally ill for housing, government assistance and charity.

It’s dystopian. Nobody wants to a knowledge or admit it, but it is here and growing.

[firebrand]

I find it odd that we manage to feed everyone somehow, but getting a roof over their head, while appearing simpler and cheaper, escapes us.