A 92-year-old woman was knocked to the ground by a young man in a random, broad-daylight attack in Manhattan last week.
The victim was walking with a pushcart on Third Avenue near East 16th Street in the Gramercy Park neighborhood at about 3:30 p.m. Friday when the brute struck.
They were approaching each other from opposite directions when the man suddenly hit her in the head with his left hand, surveillance footage shows.
The woman tumbles hard to the ground — with the back of her head narrowly missing a fire hydrant.
The attacker coolly continues walking away as if nothing happened, at one point looking back at his victim.
There was at least one witness to the attack, a man on the sidewalk behind the woman. He appears to freeze in disbelief as the woman collapses, the video shows.
The victim suffered some injuries, but is expected to recover.
The attacker is seen on the video wearing a blue or purple shirt and multicolored shorts. As of Monday night, he was still on the loose, sources said.
The incident was reminiscent of a 2017 trend called the “knockout game,” in which an attacker or group of attackers randomly assaults a stranger on the street.
Several people were arrested on hate-crime charges in those incidents.
It was not clear what the attacker’s motive was in Friday’s assault.
