I’LL HAVE THE REST FOR YOUR
HOLIDAY WEEKEND COMING UP.
BACK TO YOU.
>> JANICE, WE WILL SEE YOU
SHORTLY.
THE MAN ACCUSED OF SHOVING A
RIDER INTO THE SIDE OF A MOVING
SUBWAY TRAIN IS WAITING TO FACE
A JUDGE.
POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT THEY
ARRESTED THIS MORNING, KAMAL
SEMRADE, IS THE SAME PERSON SEEN
IN SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS TAKEN THE
MORNING OF THE ATTACK.
CHECKEY BECKFORD IN LOWER
MANHATTAN WITH THE CHARGES FILED
IN THE AMBUSH THAT MAY HAVE LEFT
THE VICTIM PARALYZED.
>> Reporter: WELL, THAT SUSPECT,
KAMAL SEMRADE, IS CHARGED WITH
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
MEANWHILE, HIS ALLEGED VICTIM
WAS INITIALLY TOLD BY DOCTORS
SHE HAD ONLY A SLIM CHANCE OF
REGAINING MOVEMENT BELOW HER
NECK.
>> I JUST WANT HER TO MAKE IT.
I WAS JUST PRAYING THAT SHE
DIDN’T DIE.
>> Reporter: NANCY DIDN’T KNOW
HER UNTIL A FATEFUL AND ALMOST
TRAGIC ENCOUNTER SUNDAY MORNING.
>> WE WERE EXITING THE TRAIN.
>> MARERO SAYS SHE WAS WALKING
BEHIND THE SUSPECT, IDENTIFIED
AS 39-YEAR-OLD KAMAL SEMRADE.
SHE SAYS HE WAS WALKING BEHIND
AMIN AT THE LEXINGTON AND 63rd
STREET STATION.
AS THE TRAIN BEGAN PULLING OUT.
>> HE JUST TOOK BOTH HANDS, NOT
AT HER BODY, AIMED SPECIFICALLY
AT HER HEAD.
HE WANTED THE HEAD TO HIT.
>> Reporter: IN SHOCK, MARERO
YELLED.
>> I WHY THE [ BLEEP ] YOU DID
THAT?
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO HER?
I GO UP TO HER AND I KNEEL DOWN.
ARE YOU OKAY?
>> Reporter: BUT AMIN, A
35-YEAR-OLD ARTIST FROM JACKSON
HEIGHTS WASN’T OKAY.
>> HER FOREHEAD, GOD BLESS ME,
WAS SPLIT FROM THE FRONT ALL THE
WAY TO THE BACK.
SHE GAVE ME HER PHONE SO I COULD
DO A PHONE RECOGNITION WITH THE
FACE.
BUT SO MUCH BLOOD, IT COULDN’T
RECOGNIZE HER FACE.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS THAT’S
WHEN AMIN REALIZED SHE WAS
SEVERELY INJURED.
>> ALL ALONG, JUST ASKING, AM I
GOING TO DIE?
YOU’RE NOT GOING TO DIE.
DON’T WORRY, I’M HERE.
I’M GOING TO STAY WITH YOU.
>> Reporter: IN A CITY WHERE
PEOPLE ARE OFTEN CRITICIZED FOR
NOT DOING ENOUGH TO HELP THEIR
FELLOW MAN, MARERO STAYED WITH
THE CRITICALLY INJURED AMIN,
STANDING OVER HER IN CASE HER
ATTACKER RETURNED.
>> SHE SAID I FEEL WEAK.
OH MY GOD.
SHE BROKE MY HEART.
>> Reporter: BUT TONIGHT MARERO
SAYS SHE FEELS RELIEF THAT
SEMRADE HAS BEEN ARRESTED,
CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER IN
AN ATTACK POLICE SAY SHOCKINGLY
SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN RANDOM.
>> I’M SO HAPPY THEY GOT HIM.
I’M SO HAPPY.
OH MY GOODNESS.
I’M ECSTATIC.
>> Reporter: IT’S UNCLEAR IF
SEMRADE HAS RETAINED AN
ATTORNEY.
WHILE IT SEEMS WE HAVE HAD ONE
SUBWAY INCIDENT AFTER ANOTHER,
SUBWAY CRIME IS DOWN MORE THAN