Brother speaks out exclusively after woman savagely beaten with hammer in subway robbery
LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens -- A 57-year-old woman was pummeled in the head by a hammer-wielding suspect in a brutal robbery as she walked into a Long Island City, Queens, subway station.Rothschild, who lives nearby, was entering the Queens Plaza station when the suspect came up on her from behind just after 11:20 p.m. Thursday.Rothschild sustained a fractured skull and lacerations to the head and is in critical condition at New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell.
Nina Rothschild is a senior scientist for the NYC Health Department, which is right around the corner from the subway station. She was on her way home from work at the time of the attack. Her brother, Gerson Rothschild, who is also a scientist in Upper Manhattan at Columbia and says he spoke with her this morning and she is recovering from surgery.
Gerson Rothschild says he and his sister are lifelong New Yorkers and that he is confident an arrest will be made.The suspect fled with her purse south on Queens Plaza South.Call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA . You can also submit tips by visiting the CrimeStoppers website at
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