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Yesterday morning, police arrested a homeless man for three separate stabbing incidents on Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday morning. Four cabbies who witnessed Kenny Alexis stab two women near the Times Square W Hotel called 911 and followed him until police apprehended him at a McDonald's. Alexis's brushes with the law started before the first stabbing on a downtown C train - he was stopped by the police are trying to enter the 42nd Street and 8th Avenue subway without paying, but since he didn't have a record, the police just issued him a summons. The NY Times has a map and timeline of Alexis's actions.
Alexis's victims are all recovering at area hospitals. Christopher McCarthy, the tourist from Texas who was stabbed on the C train, has forgiven Alexis, in spite of having a three-inch knife miss his heart (the knife did, however, damage the right side of the heart). According to the Daily News, McCarthy and girlfriend Ganda Krisananuwatara "had strolled through the Guggenheim Museum and wanted to take a spin through Central Park when they accidentally got on an uptown D train that ran express to 125th St." At 125th, they took the downtown C, where Alexis approached McCarthy. McCarthy's father said his son avoided Alexis's gaze.
In the 3AM Rockefeller Center downtown F platform stabbing, Alexis approached Ambrosio Castro for his cellphone. According to Police Commissioner Kelly, when the victim didn't respond, Alexis stabbed him twice, once in the stomach and once in the chest. Like the victim in the C train attack, the victim on the F train platform initially thought he had been punched." A half hour later, Alexis was harassing employees at a deli on Broadway, only to later stab Canadian students Melanie Carrier and Audrey Perrier in the back on a traffic island at Duffy Square in Times Square (where the TKTS booth is). Cabbies helped the two women get help at the Times Square W Hotel and called the police.
Alexis's psychiatric history is now under investigation - it seems that he had been at Wards Island, but the Post says it's unclear why he was released. Commissioner Kelly made sure to remind everyone, "While it comes as little solace to the victims of such horrific attacks, the fact remains that the subway system has never been safer."
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Really nice of Christopher McCarthy. I'm sure I'd not be so forgiving.
Is the Gug even close to the D?
*According to the Daily News, McCarthy and girlfriend Ganda Krisananuwatara "had strolled through the Guggenheim Museum and wanted to take a spin through Central Park when they accidentally got on an uptown D train that ran express to 125th St.*
I'm a little weary on the report from the daily news.
The Guggenheim is on 5th Avenue @ 89th Street. The couple wanted to "take a spin" in Central Park, but accidentally got on a "D" train?
The D is on the west side (and only runs express from Columbus Circle to 125th or vice versa). So the couple first would have had to walk diagnally across the park (south to Columbus Circle and since they're not New Yorkers, they would most surely get lost in the park) to get to the Orange and Blue lines (B,D,A,C). At no point in the park is the walk a way the crow flies (straight shot across), in theory, they would have been pre occupied in the park for the remainder of the day...
Do you mean "wary?" Or does the Daily News report make you tired? Sounds like they planned to get on a B or C to 86th street and walk across. It's not that hard, even for a newcomer with a sense of direction. If you keep walking away from the direction you came in, you'll end up on the East side (How far up- or downtown is in question, though.)
Dude.
yes i'm tired. i'm tired of shitty journalism, but then again it is the daily news.
What can you expect from a paper called a "RAG."
I remember my first time in NYC. I caught the express to Harlem by mistake. It was rush hour. afterwards, I remember telling myself that it would not happen again. I believe that I was on the blue line. It was so fraustrating. I didn't know the system so I couldn't make the automatic switch. I had to think and ask questions. Then like these poor people, you've got to ride out an express train.
Some stations can be very confusing. The 7th avenue stop at 57th street can be tricky. When the train pulls into the station going south, it always seems like it should be traveling in the opposite direction. I always read signs now instead of relying on my "sense" of direction.
Outstanding. A report about gratuitous stabbings and all the comments are about the quality of the reporting.
Are stabbings of this type so common as to be banal in NY?
I would think that Sharpton would be all over this by now. The subliminal message sent by that news cover is just plain wrong....