Joseph Lynskey, NYC man shoved in front of subway train at hands of Kamel Hawkins and who suffered broken skull is to now make a full recovery. Music programmer’s miraculous survival amid escalating violent random crimes on NYC subway system.
A NYC man who was shoved in front of an incoming subway train Tuesday afternoon is expected to make a full recovery after suffering critical injuries in an attack that ordinarily would have been fatal.
Joseph Lynskey, 45, a New York City music programmer, miraculously survived after he was abruptly shoved into the path of an incoming southbound number 1 train at the 18th Street Train station on Tuesday afternoon at the hands of 23 year old career perp, Kamel Hawkins.
Security video shows a man shoved in front of a New York City Subway train.
This is the latest of many such incidents in New York City. With more expected in the new year. pic.twitter.com/ZSdXM8dVdk
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Joseph Lynskey, NYC straphanger miraculous survival
The incident led to Lynskey suffering serious wounds including a cracked skull, four broken ribs and a ruptured spleen. Nevertheless, according to medics treating the hapless victim, Lynskey is expected to make a full recovery.
‘Our main priority right now – our sole priority right now – is supporting our brother Joe,’ Eileen Parsons, his sister, told The New York Times.
‘We are so grateful that he is alive.’
According to his LinkedIn profile, the straphanger is head of content and music program at the Manhattan-based entertainment agency Gray V.
Surveillance video showed Lynskey in a light orange jacket standing by the edge of the platform at around 1.30pm Tuesday afternoon as the number 1 Downton train approached the 18th street station in Chelsea.
In a matter of seconds, a masked man was captured walking behind him, and after seemingly noticing the oncoming train, turned and pushed Lynskey in the back – violently sending him onto the tracks just as the train passed through.
Kamel Harris 23 year old repeat criminal offender
Miraculously, the straphanger who in most instances would have been killed survived his ordeal only because he fell perfectly into the trench of the subway tracks as the incoming train passed over him, the NYPD previously said.
On Wednesday, Hawkins was arraigned on attempted murder and second-degree assault charges at Manhattan Criminal Court.
A regard of the 23 year old’s prior criminal history includes him allegedly assaulting a police officer.
According to police sources, Hawkins was charged with assault in June 2019 after slamming a cop to the ground on Flushing Avenue when the officer spotted him acting disorderly, leaving the cop with a back injury.
Hawkins also has an open case in Brooklyn on assault, harassment and weapons possession charges for an incident on Oct. 12.
Sources said he was released without bail in another case in 2020 despite prosecutors asking he be held. It is unclear what the charges were in that case.
His father, Shamel Hawkins, told the nypost on Wednesday that his son had been fine until he ‘began acting weird’ recently.
String of violent random attacks on NYC subway system
‘Lately he’s been going through something, some mental issues,’ the elder Hawkins said. ‘We think somebody put something in his weed.’
Tuesday’s attack is the latest in a string of concerning acts on the NYC subway system, after a woman was fatally set on fire by a stranger earlier this month.
The victim was identified Tuesday by the NYPD as Debrina Kawam, a 57-year-old homeless woman from New Jersey.
On Christmas Eve, two people were injured in Manhattan’s Grand Central Station after a 28 year old man went on a random stabbing rampage.
