Shocking video shows the moment a woman randomly whacked a musician with a metal water bottle in a rush-hour attack at a Midtown transit hub — the last straw that prompted the cellist to suspend his subway performances “indefinitely.”
Iain. S. Forrest, 29, was sitting on a stool passionately playing the instrument in the 34th Street-Herald Square station around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday when the assailant approached him out of nowhere, according to cops and a video the victim posted on X .
She suddenly picks up Forrest’s own water bottle off the ground, clobbers him with it and then callously storms off without saying a word, according to the clip shared Wednesday.
The busker was left holding the back of his head in pain, while still clutching his instrument with his other hand, the footage shows.