Video captures wild brawl on escalator in Grand Central Station
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Two brawling men tumbled down an escalator in Grand Central Station last week in a caught-on-camera altercation that left other commuters stunned.
The video of the fight, posted to Reddit, shows bystanders trying to avoid the duo as they swing wildly at each while rolling to the bottom of the escalator last Thursday.
One man can then be seen wailing on the other as two bystanders, a man and woman, attempt to stop the brawl, the video shows.
A 37-year-old Long Island man was arrested and charged with assault following the fight, according to the NYPD.
Police did not disclose what sparked the assault, but the man who recorded the incident told Fox News it appeared to occur after one of the men refused to get out of the way for the other on the left side of the escalator.
While some bystanders were frantic, the man, who remained anonymous, said others “just wanted to get on with their day without any issue – typical NYer mindset.”
The incident is just one of many recent instances of violence in the city’s transit system that has sent a scare through the Big Apple.
Some confrontations have even been deadly, including Monday when a victim was shoved onto the subway tracks during rush hour in Queens.
It was the 9th homicide in the subway this year.
Slayings in the city’s subway system since 2020 have spiked to its highest annual levels in 25 years, NYPD data indicates.
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