Post by Admin on May 23, 2021 19:05:02 GMT
Sean Conaboy is being hailed a hero for tackling the suspect to the ground after he allegedly slashed a 54-year-old woman with a knife on a Union Square subway platform.
A freelance camera operator who works for CBC News in New York City says he's happy to be alive and fortunate he was able to help someone after intervening in a stabbing that took place on a subway platform on Wednesday night.
"My only concern at that moment was to incapacitate the attacker, to stop that attack from going any further," Sean Conaboy told The National's Andrew Chang on Friday. "It wasn't until later that I was more concerned for my own safety as far as being stabbed myself.
"It was the only thing to do."
Conaboy said he had just finished a 12-hour shift in Times Square for CBC News when he headed to the Union Square subway station in Manhattan. "I noticed an individual who had been casing other people on the platform who were oblivious to him, you know, lost in their cell phones and their devices," he said. The two made eye contact, and Conaboy said his alert level went up.
Security footage from Union Square subway station in Manhattan shows Sean Conaboy, who works as a freelance camera operator for CBC, tackle and restrain a man after a woman was attacked on Wednesday. 0:13
Surveillance footage from the station showed the man who Conaboy noticed attack another commuter. "I saw her get yanked back violently from the edge of the platform. I saw a knife produced and swung in a circular, arcing motion," Conaboy said.
"It's unmistakable, that's a stabbing happening, and she screamed and I ran toward it."
Conaboy could be seen tackling the assailant, then approaching from behind and pulling him off the victim. Other commuters then came to help restrain the attacker, who was later arrested.
A freelance camera operator who works for CBC News in New York City says he's happy to be alive and fortunate he was able to help someone after intervening in a stabbing that took place on a subway platform on Wednesday night.
"My only concern at that moment was to incapacitate the attacker, to stop that attack from going any further," Sean Conaboy told The National's Andrew Chang on Friday. "It wasn't until later that I was more concerned for my own safety as far as being stabbed myself.
"It was the only thing to do."
Conaboy said he had just finished a 12-hour shift in Times Square for CBC News when he headed to the Union Square subway station in Manhattan. "I noticed an individual who had been casing other people on the platform who were oblivious to him, you know, lost in their cell phones and their devices," he said. The two made eye contact, and Conaboy said his alert level went up.
Security footage from Union Square subway station in Manhattan shows Sean Conaboy, who works as a freelance camera operator for CBC, tackle and restrain a man after a woman was attacked on Wednesday. 0:13
Surveillance footage from the station showed the man who Conaboy noticed attack another commuter. "I saw her get yanked back violently from the edge of the platform. I saw a knife produced and swung in a circular, arcing motion," Conaboy said.
"It's unmistakable, that's a stabbing happening, and she screamed and I ran toward it."
Conaboy could be seen tackling the assailant, then approaching from behind and pulling him off the victim. Other commuters then came to help restrain the attacker, who was later arrested.