Scores of donors raise $183,000 for NYC subway push victim

Scores of people have opened their hearts and wallets to subway-shove victim Emine Ozsoy as she ventures upon a difficult road to recovery.

Within just four days, more than 3,000 people have donated a whopping $183,400 to a GoFundMe page for the award-winning Turkish graphic artist.

The money will be earmarked for Ozsoyโ€™s medical expenses, according to friends and relatives who put the post together.

Many of the donations have been small, about $25 a person, although one anonymous donor dropped $10,000 into the fund, according to the GoFundMe page.

On Sunday morning, Ozsoy was grabbed by a maniac who slammed her head against a moving train in a vicious, unprovoked attack as she made her way to work, police said.

She suffered several spinal fractures in the assault and is paralyzed from the neck down, police and prosecutors said.

Kamal Semrade, 39, was arrested at a Queens shelter early Tuesday and is facing attempted murder and assault charges for the attack.

Kamal Semrade, 39, is escorted from the NYPD Transit District 1 station house on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in Manhattan, New York.

Semrade, a one-time cabbie and Fed-Ex employee was ordered held without bail at his arraignment early Wednesday.

โ€œItโ€™s a completely unprovoked incident,โ€ Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Carolyn McGuigan said at Semradeโ€™s arraignment, adding that Ozsoy suffered a โ€œcervical spine fracture, broken fingers, a laceration on her scalp and damage to four major blood vessels.โ€

โ€œShe is currently paralyzed from the neck down,โ€ the prosecutor said. โ€œShe is currently in critical condition and still has a risk of stroke or death.โ€

Police do not believe that Semrade and Ozsoy knew each other, although they both entered the subway system at the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Ave. train station that morning, police said.

The unprovoked attack happened inside the Lexington Avenue/East 63rd Street subway station in Manhattan on Sunday, May 21, 2023.

Despite her critical injuries, Ozsoy is determined to get her life back, her husband Ferdi Ozsoy told reporters.

โ€œFaith and hope are never-ending,โ€ he said. โ€œSheโ€™s young. Sheโ€™s a strong woman. Sheโ€™s a warrior.โ€

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