71-Year-Old Woman Heroically Defends Herself Against Teen Muggers on NYC Subway En Route to Church
New York, NY — A 71-year-old woman stood her ground against a group of teenage attackers on New Year’s Day, managing to fend them off during an attempted mugging in Brooklyn’s subway system. The incident is part of a larger pattern of rising crime in New York City’s transit network. The confrontation took place at Hoyt Station after the woman, identified as Linda Rosa, disembarked from a Number 3 train around 6 p.m. As she …