NEW YORK — A New York City subway operator who was stabbed by a rider remains hospitalized days after getting attacked at a station in Brooklyn.
Myran Pollack, an MTA conductor for more than 25 years, was critically injured at the Utica Avenue station in Crown Heights after he said he told a man to get off the 4 train when it made the last stop.
From the hospital, Pollack told CBS News New York the man appeared to be “on something” because he was shaking.
“He just started stabbing, and stabbing ”
Police identified the suspect as 27-year-old Jonathan Davalos. According to police, he stabbed Pollack in the chest , torso and leg with a large knife after getting into an argument Tuesday morning.
“I’d never seen a knife that big outside of a kitchen. And he just started stabbing, and stabbing,” Pollack said. “I looked down to my side. I seen there was so much, so much blood. I couldn’t see the platform.”
Pollack, 59 and set to retire in December, remains in intensive care after undergoing two surgeries.