A 90-year-old astrophysics professor suffered broken bones after being violently shoved from a New York City subway car.
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CG Wang was traveling on a southbound F train when he attempted to get off the subway car at Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan around 1pm.
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However, after asking a man to move so he could get off and take the escalator out of the station, the man shoved him to the ground, he told ABC 7 this week.
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'I was pushed so hard, I flew out of the train,' he told ABC 7.
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Wang fell on his hip before injuring his shoulder and head.
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'Boom, boom, boom,' Wang described the October 6 fall.
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The 90-year-old's hip was injured so badly he needed a hip replacement, he told the outlet.
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Wang is still recovering from the fall – a priority of the family.
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He was taken to hospital, where his son, Juin Wang, was told by police that his father had been assaulted.
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Wang (pictured with his son) was shoved out of a F train at Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street on October 6, causing him to need a hip replacement after falling
The suspect, who is still at large, shoved him after Wang asked him to move out of the way of the door to get off the train around 1pm
'Who does this?' Juin questioned.
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'Who would shove a 90-year-old, frail, visually impaired man?'
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Prior to this, Wang told ABC 7 he had never been to the hospital for his own injuries or experienced a serious attack against him.
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I have never been in hospital before for myself,' he told the outlet.
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Despite his age, Wang was still commuting to his Midtown office to conduct research before the attack.
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Now, the family wants justice for Wang.
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The NYPD has asked the public for help finding the man and released a photo of the suspect.
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The suspect still remains at large.
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The investigation remains ongoing,' an NYPD spokesperson told the Daily Mail.
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'I was pushed so hard, I flew out of the train,' Wang said
The incident occurred at the Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street station.
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Prior to the attack, the professor regulated commuted to his Midtown office to conduct research
The Daily Mail has reached out to Wang for comment.
In August, Derrick Mills, who is accused of pushing an elderly person onto subway tracks in 2023, had an outburst in court.
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After a judge agreed with the prosecution's recommendation for the case to be put to trial, Mills grew agitated and told the judge she 'only saw one video.'
'You can't see what he's doing,' Mills said before claiming that the singular piece of security footage had been 'duplicated about five times.'
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As the suspect continued to raise his voice and argue with Lozano, the judge asked court officers to 'take charge' and Mills was removed from the courtroom.
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The homeless man is accused of shoving Trevor Crawford, 77, onto the subway train tracks after becoming 'angry' that the victim 'stared in his direction.'
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The 77-year-old had been on his way home from work at around 12.15am on September 12, 2023, when he reached the 68th Street-Hunter College subway station.
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It was then that Mills allegedly attacked the elderly man.
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers were able to pull Crawford to safety on the platform before a train approached.
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Mills fled after the attack.
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