4 New York Metropolis teenagers who tried to rob a senior citizen on her technique to New Yr’s Day church companies bought a shock once they messed round and discovered that their goal was not going to let go of her purse and not using a combat.
In accordance with The New York Submit, 71-year-old Linda Rosa was approached by her teenage attackers, who tried to seize her purse as she was leaving a Brooklyn subway station round 6:00 pm. However the retired transit employee says she held on to her bag and did her finest to defend herself.
“After which I [said to myself], ‘Oh, no, this isn’t going to occur immediately,’” Rosa mentioned.
As she held on to her purse, Rosa instructed The Submit that one of many suspects punched her within the face and knocked her glasses to the bottom. Nonetheless making an attempt to defend herself, she tried to kick one of many attackers, however fell leaving one of many teenagers to “stomp on her.”
“I bought an impression in me that she was going to stomp me once more, however she was going to goal in direction of my head,” Rosa mentioned. “So I bought up instantly, and with that, I grabbed her braids and twirled them round my proper hand, after which I pulled her down. She had her head down. Then the opposite younger woman mentioned, ‘Let her go.’ And I mentioned, ‘Oh, no, I’m not letting her go.’”
Rosa mentioned she referred to as for assist and the kids ran up the steps to the road. As of this publish, the suspects are nonetheless on the free. Ms. Rosa ultimately made her technique to Brooklyn Tabernacle Church, the place employees members referred to as 911 so emergency medical personnel may take her to the hospital for remedy.
Rosa says she is grateful the horrifying encounter didn’t trigger her to have a extra severe well being situation, and provides that she’s keen to present the younger individuals who got here after her some grace.
“I forgive them. They have no idea what they do,” she mentioned. “They don’t know what they did. It’s simply youngsters performing silly.”