Police said Christian Torres allegedly attacked 91-year-old Hyman Silverglad (inset) in a vicious mugging on the Upper East Side earlier this month.
Photo by Dean Moses/Inset via NYPD
Ninety-one-year-old Hyman Silverglad is still experiencing painful reminders of the brutal attack he received on the Upper East Side earlier this month.
Silverglad told amNewYork Metro that he made a mistake on Feb. 1 — simply leaving his home overnight. According to both Silverglad and police sources, the senior was carrying shopping bags at around 10:30 p.m. on 86th Street and 2nd Avenue when the suspect — identified as 46-year-old Christian Torres of Harlem — allegedly struck. However, the near century-old New Yorker did not go down without a fight.
“I suddenly see a shadow behind me and he jumps on me and grabs me with two hands and then he begins jiggling for my wallet in my pocket,” Silverglad told amNewYork Metro in a phone interview. “I tried to hit his hand. I’m beginning to holler for the police in a loud voice and he takes his hand out of jiggling my wallet and he throws me violently to the sidewalk.”
When Silverglad hit the sidewalk, he says he suffered six rib fractures, leaving him in excruciating pain. And as he lay there calling for aid, nobody responded.
“I tell you it was so painful words cannot describe,” Silverglad recalled. “I remember, I say: ‘please 911, I am in terrible pain. Please call an ambulance.’ Well, they did nothing.”
Unable to stand and still suffering unimaginable distress, Silverglad crawled back to his home on his knees where he finally was able to receive assistance from three women who helped him to his apartment and dialed 911.
Nearly two weeks later, police apprehended Torres, whom they say is responsible for the dastardly shove that enraged many New Yorkers.
Torres, while being whisked away in handcuffs on Monday, told journalists assembled for his perp walk, “Don’t take my photo,” and said nothing…
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