{"id":230747,"date":"2026-05-14T00:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230747\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T00:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:18:08","slug":"victim-of-gruesome-nyc-stabbing-fears-he-may-never-walk-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230747\/","title":{"rendered":"Victim of gruesome NYC stabbing fears he may never walk again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 29-year-old Manhattan man who was pictured with a sharp tool sticking out of his back after being knifed in an East Harlem scuffle now fears he may not walk again, neighbors told The Post. <\/p>\n<p>The unidentified victim was wounded after getting into a beef with a pair of thugs on a 125th Street subway platform on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>A shocking photo captured <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/12\/us-news\/wild-video-shows-unfazed-stabbing-victim-with-object-still-lodged-in-back-as-nypd-hunts-for-suspects\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the aftermath of the attack<\/a> \u2014 the weapon protruding from his upper back while he sat calmly in an EMS wheelchair at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>A stabbing victim seen with a weapon in his back after a Tuesday afternoon stabbign in Harlem. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, his family and neighbors said the victim is now hospitalized in stable condition. <\/p>\n<p>He was stabbed by two different objects, with the wounds requiring four stitches. <\/p>\n<p>The injury has left his legs numb and tingling \u2014 and he still couldn\u2019t feel or move them on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can tell you that he might not be able to walk,\u201d one relative said. \u201cThat I can tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both of his attackers, who wore masks during the assault, remain on the loose.<\/p>\n<p>Police outside the 125th Street subway station where a 29-year-old man was stabbed Tuesday afternoon.  Robert Miller for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Friends and relatives said the vicdtim is now afraid he may not walk again. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Police and sources said the victim was on the southbound No. 4 platform at the 125th Street and Lexington Avenue station around 1:20 p.m. when one of the brutes bumped into him, sparking a dispute that turned violent and led to the stabbing.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/<\/a>, or on X @NYPDTips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 29-year-old Manhattan man who was pictured with a sharp tool sticking out of his back after being&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6808,469,57,9,56,63,65,64,2442,362,58],"class_list":["post-230747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-east-harlem","tag-harlem","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-stabbings","tag-subway-slashings","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}