Yom Kippur Sexual Assault - Riverdale Rapist
Woman Fights off Riverdale Rapist
Yom Kippur Attack in Park
By Heidi Singer and Jamie Schram
New York Post
October 5, 2006
A 46-year-old woman bravely fought off a pervert who tried to rape her in a popular park in Riverdale, one of the city's most upscale neighborhoods, police said yesterday.
The brazen attack in the heavily Jewish section of The Bronx took place Monday on Yom Kippur in bucolic Ewen Park, long considered a safe haven for nannies and Manhattan-bound commuters crossing to the Broadway IRT El at 231st Street.
Police said the victim, whose name was withheld, was walking alone through a hilly section of the park near Johnson Avenue at 8 a.m. when she was ambushed.
She told police a burly 5-foot 2, 180-pound man in his 20s - with a hideous scar across his right cheek - grabbed her from behind.
The terrified victim told police the sicko, who wore a white T-shirt and long blue jean shorts, dragged her behind a tree.
Then he tried to rape her.
The woman screamed as she desperately struggled with the crazed attacker.
She somehow managed to fend off the sex fiend, who ran away.
She said he had not displayed a weapon.
A man walking his dog nearby heard her cries for help and called cops.
Another pedestrian saw the attacker fleeing and gave cops a description.
Cops released a sketch of him yesterday.
The two good Samaritans comforted the terrified woman until cops and an ambulance arrived, police said.
She was released after treatment at a local hospital.
Residents of the neighborhood were stunned at the brazen, daylight attack.
"It's a shock. I'm surprised," said longtime parkgoer Suzanne Corber, 53.
"It's a middle-class area of college-educated people," she added, pointing to pricey parked cars sporting Ivy League school bumper stickers.
Diane Reich 66, a life-long resident agreed.
"This has always been such a safe neighborhood," she said. "I used to cut through the park, but I certainly won't do that anymore."
Passers-by said the park is usually busy, but, because of the holiday, it was virtually empty.
"This place was a ghost town because of the Jewish holiday," said Corber.
Yom Kippur Attack in Park
By Heidi Singer and Jamie Schram
New York Post
October 5, 2006
A 46-year-old woman bravely fought off a pervert who tried to rape her in a popular park in Riverdale, one of the city's most upscale neighborhoods, police said yesterday.
The brazen attack in the heavily Jewish section of The Bronx took place Monday on Yom Kippur in bucolic Ewen Park, long considered a safe haven for nannies and Manhattan-bound commuters crossing to the Broadway IRT El at 231st Street.
Police said the victim, whose name was withheld, was walking alone through a hilly section of the park near Johnson Avenue at 8 a.m. when she was ambushed.
She told police a burly 5-foot 2, 180-pound man in his 20s - with a hideous scar across his right cheek - grabbed her from behind.
The terrified victim told police the sicko, who wore a white T-shirt and long blue jean shorts, dragged her behind a tree.
Then he tried to rape her.
The woman screamed as she desperately struggled with the crazed attacker.
She somehow managed to fend off the sex fiend, who ran away.
She said he had not displayed a weapon.
A man walking his dog nearby heard her cries for help and called cops.
Another pedestrian saw the attacker fleeing and gave cops a description.
Cops released a sketch of him yesterday.
The two good Samaritans comforted the terrified woman until cops and an ambulance arrived, police said.
She was released after treatment at a local hospital.
Residents of the neighborhood were stunned at the brazen, daylight attack.
"It's a shock. I'm surprised," said longtime parkgoer Suzanne Corber, 53.
"It's a middle-class area of college-educated people," she added, pointing to pricey parked cars sporting Ivy League school bumper stickers.
Diane Reich 66, a life-long resident agreed.
"This has always been such a safe neighborhood," she said. "I used to cut through the park, but I certainly won't do that anymore."
Passers-by said the park is usually busy, but, because of the holiday, it was virtually empty.
"This place was a ghost town because of the Jewish holiday," said Corber.
posted by Jewish Survivors at Monday, October 09, 2006
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