Than Htwe died Wednesday morning, 11 days after being left in a coma when a mugger pulled her down subway station steps in New York City's Chinatown

58 year old NY woman who was a victim of Asian hate crime passes away after brain surgery

Suspect still at large and NYPD are looking for him

By Edward Era Barbacena

A 58-year-old Asian-American  woman and her son were dragged down the stairs of a New York City subway station a couple weekends ago on a Saturday morning.

Htwe (left) 58, and her son, Kyaw Zaw Hein, 22 were rushed to Bellevue Hospital on the  morning of July 17, when Htwe underwent brain surgery. She died this morning from her injuries

The 58-year-old Asian woman who fell into a coma after being attacked on the New York City subway on July 17 has died from her injuries 11 days later.  

The thief attempted to steal Htwe's son's backpack, sending him and his mother tumbling backward and causing Htwe to hit her head

Both were knocked unconscious in the fall. When Zaw Hein awoke, he said his mother was 'lying on the floor with blood everywhere. The motive of the crime was either robbery or  a hate crime.  NYPD is not certain if the victim was racially targeted.

The mother underwent brain surgery after hitting her head as she fell down the stairs and according to the New York Post, she has passed away. 

The victim of unprovoked hate crime died on Wednesday, one day after her family said on their GoFundMe page that she would not survive after undergoing brain surgery — and that they planned to donate her organs.

The page had raised more than $48,000 for the family before it was shut down this week.

“I just want to tell everyone who’s reading this to always cherish the moments you have with your mother,” her son, Kyaw Saw Hein, wrote on the fundraising site.

According to law enforcement, the mother and her son were walking up the steps at Canal Street station in lower Manhattan two Saturdays ago around 9:40 when a man grabbed the son’s backpack.

The son grabbed onto his mother as he got dragged and they both tumbled down the steps.

Police identified David Robinson, 52, as the suspected mugger who on July 17 attacked 58-Than Htwe in a Chinatown subway stop, placing her in a coma. She died 11 days later

NYPD identified 52-year-old David Robinson as the man who killed Than Htwe during the botched robbery and released a photo (below) of him asking the public’s help in finding him.