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May 7, 2026 | People

Woman Paralyzed When Man Shoved Her onto Subway Tracks Confronts ‘Evil’ Attacker at Sentencing Click For More

“Kamal Semrade violently pushed a woman into a moving train, uprooting her life and leaving her with catastrophic, permanent injuries, including paralysis,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement. “After the attack, Semrade callously fled, leaving the victim helpless on the platform.”

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May 6, 2026 | East Side Feed

Subway Shover Learns His Fate Nearly Three Years After UES Attack Click For More

The Queens man who shoved a young woman into a moving E train at the Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street station — leaving her paralyzed from the shoulders down — will spend the next two decades behind bars.

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May 6, 2026 | Upper East Site

Subway Shover Headed to Prison for Paralyzing UES Commuter in Heinous Attack: Prosecutors Click For More

Less than a month after being convicted of Attempted Murder by a jury of his peers for a horrific attack inside an Upper East Side subway station that left a commuter paralyzed from the shoulders down, the 42-year-old homeless man who shoved her has learned his fate, prosecutors say: a lengthy prison sentence.

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May 6, 2026 | CBS News

Woman paralyzed after being shoved into a NYC subway speaks about her attacker’s “evil action” at his sentencing Click For More

The man convicted of pushing a woman into a moving New York City subway car, leaving her paralyzed, was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 years in prison.

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May 6, 2026 | ABC7NY

Man sentenced for shoving woman into subway on Upper East Side, leaving her paralyzed Click For More

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A man convicted of shoving a woman into a moving subway train in 2023, leaving her paralyzed, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

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May 6, 2026 | New York Post

Paralyzed NYC subway shove victim breaks down as her attacker is sentenced — but can’t wipe away her own tears Click For More

The award-winning artist who survived being shoved into a moving Manhattan train heartbreakingly needed her mom to wipe away her tears at her attacker’s sentencing Wednesday — after the senseless attack left her paralyzed from the shoulders down.


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