Police are searching for the suspect, who they say took off wearing a surgical mask.
NEW YORK - A subway rider was stabbed with a screwdriver Thursday night in Manhattan . The stabbing happened around 10 p.m. on a southbound 1 train at the 59th Street-Columbus Circle station. Police said the 61-year-old victim was stabbed twice in the lip and the head. He was seen with a bandage around his head before being taken to Mount Sinai West, where he is expected to be OK.Now, the search continues for his attacker, who police said fled the scene wearing a surgical mask.
'The subways need to be patrolled way more often. As someone who works overnight and observing, there's always potential for something like that to happen,' said Bronx resident Robert Caravallo. 'I think we have enough police presence around, but you know mental health is a real thing, and whatever department covers that need to take care of that,' Uptown resident Joan Earett said. Transit crime increased 5.
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