May 5 2021, Brooklyn, NY: 52-year-old subway train conductor was on a J train at the Crescent Street station at around 11:20 p.m., when a man passing through train cars attacked him with a box cutter, according to police.
Video by Dakota Santiago (FNTV freedomnews.tv)
He was stabbed in the left eye and ear, and was slashed in the forehead.
Conductor was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was scheduled for surgery.
Conductor Gerard Sykes was seriously injured in a slashing last night. He underwent two emergency surgeries at Jamaica Hospital. Pres Tony Utano and RTO VP @EricEddy100 responded with his mother, Alma and Aunt, Cassandra. #EnoughIsEnough #EssentialWorkers @CentralLaborNYC pic.twitter.com/YVh56uuUJb
— TWU Local 100 (@TWULocal100) May 6, 2021