Asian-American woman on a critical condition after she and her son were dragged down in NYC subway by man in a petty crime of robbery

The alleged attacker the subway station after the incident and remains on the loose

By Edward Era Barbacena

New York City -An Asian woman underwent brain surgery on Saturday after she and her son were dragged down the subway stairs during a bungled robbery in New York City.

The unnamed woman, 58, was with her 23-year-old son on Saturday. They were walking up the steps at Canal Street station in Manhattan at around 10:45am when an assailant attacked them from behind, grabbing the son's backpack

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The alleged attacker the subway station after the incident and remains on the loose

The son grabbed his mother as he fell, and the pair tumbled down the stairs.

He was not seriously hurt, but his mother hit her head and was critically injured.

The thief ran away, and surveillance footage showed a black man in a short-sleeved khaki shirt and white bandana around his neck leaving the station.

New York Police Department have released images showing the man they believe grabbed an Asian man's backpack, causing him and his mother to fall down the stairs on Saturday

Police are still hunting for him. They are also investigating whether the attack was racially motivated, the New York Daily News reported. 

Source: Daily mail