A Queens woman seriously hurt after police said she jumped from her third-story window to get away from her troubled, knife-wielding son was so fearful of him, she developed a secret knock to let her neighbor know if she was in danger, a building resident said.
The victim, 64, who has not been publicly identified, had an order of protection against her son at the time she took her terrifying plunge, police said Saturday, and neighbors described a long, contentious history between the two.
Multiple neighbors said the son has mental issues, and that it wasn’t uncommon to hear the pair yelling at each other.
“They are always arguing,” said one woman who had described the mom’s secret lifeline to her neighbor. “It’s not uncommon to hear noise over there.”
When the mother was scared, she tapped out a distress call to the next door neighbor, who would call 911 for her, the woman added.