Gregory P. Mango
Crime tape at the scene of today's fight
A meat cleaver-wielding maniac attacked his wife in front of two New York firefighters, who had been trying to break up their fight, officials said.
The man and woman were loudly arguing in front of Fong’s Trading at 74 Canal St. at 10:24 a.m. when two of New York’s Bravest—stationed across the street at Engine Company 9, Ladder Company 6—saw the dispute and tried to intervene, according to FDNY spokesman Jim Long.
That’s when the man allegedly pulled out a meat cleaver and began hacking at his wife.
“He got a couple of good hits in,” Long said. “He hit her several times.”
Both firefighters tackled the cleaver-wielding man and held him for cops, Long said. The man was booked into custody at the 5th Precinct station house in Chinatown.
As the man was tackled, the woman took off running, leaving her thick, wedge shoes and clumps of bloody hair behind, witnesses said.
A third Bravest and two neighborhood cops on patrol chased the injured woman and finally caught up with her at Division and Eldridge Streets, witnesses said.
They calmed her down and called paramedics, witnesses said. She’s listed in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital but is expected to survive her wounds, officials said.
"She was running down the street screaming, `Help!’ ” said witness Jose Mendez, 56, superintendent of Eldridge Street Synagogue and other neighborhood buildings.
Before cops and the firefighter could reach the woman, she ducked into a small noodle shop at 13B Eldridge St., came out and ran another half block.
“She was barefoot and went into the restaurant and then ran back out,” Mendez said. “There was blood on the window. They cleaned it up right away. It was pretty weird."
Additional reporting by Wilson Dizard and David K. Li
Gregory P. Mango
Another shot of the near-fatal scene
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