{"id":163609,"date":"2026-03-15T00:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T00:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/163609\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T00:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T00:23:09","slug":"nyc-straphanger-shoved-onto-tracks-after-trying-to-break-up-fight-at-manhattan-subway-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/163609\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC straphanger shoved onto tracks after trying to break up fight at Manhattan subway station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 35-year-old man was shoved onto the tracks at an Upper Manhattan subway station on Saturday after he tried to break up a fight, cops and sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The straphanger attempted to intervene in a scuffle between a man and a woman at the Dyckman Street stop in Inwood when the chaos unfolded, police sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The man involved in the feud pushed the victim onto the downtown A train tracks at about 3:52 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The victim managed to get off the tracks before a train arrived at the station, cops said. He suffered an injury to his left wrist and was taken to Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33333333;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38782296\" width=\"787\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/train-push-man-pushed-onto-123588334.jpg\" alt=\"A New York Police Department (NYPD) officer stands on a subway platform looking at the tracks and signs for the A train to Downtown, Brooklyn, and Queens.\" class=\"wp-image-38782296\"  \/>A man was pushed onto the subway tracks Saturday.  Marie Pohl for New York Post<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow commuters at the subway station told The Post they\u2019re always on guard when riding the rails. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t wear headphones anymore on subway stations because I just want to be vigilant. I don\u2019t know who\u2019s approaching, especially on this station,\u201d Nikki Suresh told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Suresh, 33, who works in finance, confessed that she is scared to ride the subway. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do feel a certain amount of fear especially here\u2026 I tend to stand towards the ends,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>The attack comes just days after an illegal migrant <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/08\/us-news\/maniac-randomly-shoves-two-strangers-onto-nyc-subway-tracks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">allegedly pushed two people<\/a> onto the subway tracks on the Upper East Side \u2014 including an 83-year-old Air Force veteran Richard Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Bairon Hernandez, who migrated to the US from Honduras, is accused of shoving Williams and Jhon Pena, 30, onto the roadbed at the Lexington Avenue-63rd Street station on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33333333;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38782295\" width=\"787\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/train-push-man-pushed-onto-123588339.jpg\" alt=\"A NYPD officer and a man on a subway platform.\" class=\"wp-image-38782295\"  \/>The attack came just days after an illegal migrant allegedly pushed two people onto tracks on the Upper East Side. Marie Pohl for New York Post<\/p>\n<p>The illegal immigrant was a\u00a0\u201cserial criminal\u201d\u00a0who had a long rap sheet with at least 15 charges, including aggravated assault, possession of a weapon, and domestic violence, according to the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez had been deported from the US four times, but kept returning to the country illegally, according to the DHS.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after being pushed onto the tracks, Pena <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/11\/us-news\/hero-straphanger-saved-83-year-old-vet-after-nyc-subway-shoves-what-can-you-say-about-new-yorkers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">heroically saved<\/a> the life of his fellow victim with just moments to spare. <\/p>\n<p>Pena was able to pull the grandfather back onto the platform mere seconds before the oncoming train rolled in.<\/p>\n<p>Williams is currently brain dead and family members say he might not make it. 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