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Scarsdale Teacher Turned Hero: Man Earns Medal For Saving Woman In Subway Attack Scarsdale Teacher Turned Hero: Man Earns Medal For Saving Woman In Subway Attack
Scarsdale Teacher Turned Hero: Man Earns Medal For Saving Woman In Subway Attack A Westchester art teacher has been awarded a prestigious medal for his heroic actions in saving a woman from a violent attack on a New York City subway.  The award, announced by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, honors 29-year-old Scarsdale High School teacher John Catania, who risked his life on Nov. 22, 2022, to intervene as a man attacked a 28-year-old woman with a bladed weapon on a subway train in New York City.  Catania rushed at the 6-foot-4 assailant after witnessing him slash the woman’s face and strike her again. His brave intervention gave the woman time to escape to a…

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by Ben Crnic
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Westchester Man, 36, Charged In Violent Attack On Elderly Woman Caught On Camera Westchester Man, 36, Charged In Violent Attack On Elderly Woman Caught On Camera
Westchester Man, 36, Charged In Violent Attack On Elderly Woman Caught On Camera A manhunt has resulted in the arrest of a 36-year-old Westchester man who police say is the suspect caught on camera repeatedly kicking and punching an elderly woman in the face and body on a subway in New York City. The brutal attack occurred at 3:10 a.m. on Sunday, March 10 at the Nereid Avenue Station in the Bronx on a northbound train, and video of the incident quickly spread on social media. Marc Gomez, identified as a restaurant worker from Yonkers, was charged with felony assault and ordered held in lieu of $30,000 bail. The 78-year-old victim was treated and released from…

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by Joe Lombardi