Attack occurred just after 11 p.m. on Oct. 11 inside the 57 Street F line station, where two commuters, 37 and 39, waited for a Brooklyn-bound train. The commuters filmed two men after one appeared to put on a ski mask; the subjects became enraged and a verbal dispute escalated into violence. One suspect, in a purple jacket and black mask, slashed the 39-year-old across his left hand. A second suspect, wearing an orange jacket, shoved the 37-year-old onto the roadbed; he returned to the platform with elbow pain. Both victims were taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center in stable condition. The perpetrators fled with two unidentified females; detectives released images and no arrests have been made.
"According to police sources, the incident unfolded just after 11 p.m. on Oct. 11, inside of the 57 Street station on the F line, where a 37-year-old man and a 39-year-old man were waiting for a Brooklyn-bound train. Cops said the pair began filming the two male suspects, whom they believed to be acting suspiciously, after one of them began putting on a ski mask. The pair would later tell cops they started filming just in case something were to happen."
"Police report that the four men became embroiled in a verbal dispute that ended with a vicious assault. One of the suspects, wearing a purple jacket, black hoodie, black pants, black mask, and white sneakers, slashed the 39-year-old man across his left hand with a sharp object. During the chaos, a second perpetrator, wearing an orange jacket, gray hoodie, black pants, and white sneakers, shoved the 37-year-old onto the roadbed."
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