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Two victims speak out after stabbing spree in Penn Station in NYC; suspect in custodyTwo of the five victims hurt in the stabbing spree in Penn Station on Sunday evening are speaking out about the attack.
The random attack happened shortly after 7 p.m. on the NJ Transit concourse inside Penn Station.
Police say the 51-year-old suspect is a homeless, emotionally disturbed person known to frequent Penn Station. Authorities said the suspect was taken into custody by responding officers.
The first victim, 60-year-old Henry Obadiah, spoke to Eyewitness News on Monday about the harrowing attack. He had to get three stitches in his lip.
"So I'm coming back from the Jersey Shore and I'm heading outside to Penn Station and I'm heading out to the escalator," Obadiah said. "And before I got to the escalator, I go through the doors and I see two people tussling with each other."
He said he didn't think anything of it but as he walked by, he locked eyes with the suspect.
"The crazy guy locked eyes with me and then he just came at me with a roundhouse and got me," Obadiah said. "I thought it was a punch. He got me right in the face. The first thing I thought I was going to go after him and then I head this guy in the escalator, he goes, 'He's got a knife, he's got a knife!'"
Steven Hadgkiss, 52, was also injured. He was heading into work from New Jersey and needed six stitches in his neck.
"It felt to me like a punch to the neck, so I turned around and he was running away," Hadgkiss said. "Now I'm going up the escalator and the guy, turns around...and he's he's yelling 'dude, you're bleeding all over the place,' So I looked down. My shirt is covered in blood. So I immediately, you know, grabbed my neck, start squeezing."
Hadgkiss said he went outside and called 911.
"I saw, like, this trail of blood, and it was leading to this kid who got slashed in the head," Obadiah said. "He was holding his head, he had a towel holding his head, blood coming out."
The other victims are all men and are said to be ages 40, 42 and 60.
Investigators recovered a knife on the NJ Transit side of Penn Station that is believed to have been used in the attack.
The suspect's identity has not yet been released to the public but he apparently has a prior arrest in May in New Jersey for assault and narcotics.
He also has an active bench warrant for his arrest in Manhattan and police say he has a history of mental illness.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani took to social media to thank first responders for their swift response and said his administration remains in contact with law enforcement as the investigation continues.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy reacted to the stabbings at Penn Station calling them "totally unacceptable" and said the DOT is working with Amtrak to develop a plan to address safety and security at Penn Station.
The incident left commuters shaken and raised concerns among workers inside one of the city's busiest transit hubs.
"I'm working here. And so not only me, my coworkers too, my supervisor. So when something like this happens, we're terrified. It's about our own safety as well," one Penn Station employee said.
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