A woman is seen on surveillance video being grabbed and assaulted by a man after he followed her home from a Brooklyn subway station, according to police, in an incident that the victim said has left her afraid to use the subway alone
The 28-year-old woman, an international student from Venezuela studying English in New York City, said in an exclusive interview with NBC New York that she was heading home to her apartment in Sunset Park after having dinner with friends in Manhattan Friday night. She said she walked out of the R train station at 45th Street and 4th Avenue just before 6 a.m. Saturday, when a man started following her.
Police said that the man followed her back to her apartment building, with security footage showing him grab the victim, before she fought back.
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