Homeless Migrant ‘Randomly’ Shoves 83-Year-Old Veteran Onto NYC Subway Tracks

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Homeless Migrant ‘Randomly’ Shoves 83-Year-Old Veteran Onto NYC Subway Tracks, Leaving American Hero with Life-Threatening Head and Brain Injuries

by Cullen Linebarger Mar. 11, 2026

An American hero in New York City is fighting for his life thanks to a lowlife who had no business being in America to start with.

As The New York Post reported, a homeless migrant from Honduras named Bairon Hernandez was arrested on Tuesday for “randomly shoving” two men onto Upper East Side subway tracks over the weekend. The incident occurred at the Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street station.

Police and witnesses said that Hernandez sneaked up behind the two men and pushed them, and then fled the scene while the pair were stranded helplessly on the tracks. Thankfully, no train arrived at that time.

The two men were later rescued and taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell.

One of the victims was identified as 83-year-old Air Force veteran Richard Williams. According to Williams’ granddaughter, Samantha Loria, he was left with severe head fractures and brain bleeding.

“My grandpa sadly suffered multiple fractures in his body. His brain, he’s bleeding. They can’t stop the bleeding. He hit his head on the train tracks. Thank God, there wasn’t a train coming,” Loria said in a statement obtained by WTOC.

Loria revealed that Williams not only survived a fire but also recently beat cancer. Now, she fears that she will never be able to hug her grandfather again.

“The hardest part is I might not be able to hug him again,” Loria said. “He survived a fire, cancer recently, and all he wanted to do is walk. He loves to walk.”

According to reports, Williams is listed in critical condition and may need a miracle to survive the attack. One of Williams’ daughters told The New York Post that he is on a respirator at the hospital.

Williams, though, would not have had any chance at all for survival without the help of the second victim, 30-year-old Jhon Rodriguez.

He explained to CBS New York that despite his own injuries and feeling “disoriented”, he managed to pick Williams off the track with another individual assisting him.

They all made it to the platform before a train arrived.

From CBS New York:

The younger victim, Jhon Rodriguez, told CBS News New York that he captured video of the suspect who pushed him and Williams down to the tracks.

Rodriguez said Williams hit his head, started bleeding, and lost consciousness. Panicked and injured, himself, Rodriguez said he picked Williams up off the tracks and with the help of another man they both made it onto the platform before the next train arrived.

“I felt really scared. I was trembling. I felt disoriented,” Rodriguez said, speaking in Spanish.

Hernandez has been charged with attempted murder, attempted assault, assault, and reckless endangerment. Unsurprisingly, he has denied the allegations.

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