The rabbinical student who was stabbed in the head by a knife-wielding intruder at a Brooklyn Jewish center last week has been released from the hospital.
Levi Rosenblatt, 22, suffered a knife injury to the blood vessels in an "extremely sensitive" area of the brain, according to Dr. Paul Huang, chief of neurosurgery at Bellevue, when he was stabbed by 49-year-old Calvin Peters at the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Crown Heights in the early morning hours of Dec. 9
Peters allegedly yelled that he would kill Jewish people and then attacked Rosenblatt, police said. He was shot and killed by police officers after he was repeatedly ordered to drop the knife and he charged at an officer with it.
A 9-inch knife with a 4 1/2-inch blade was was recovered at the scene.
Rosenblatt underwent a procedure to repair two blood vessels in the brain, according to Huang.
"He has had an amazing recovery," the doctor said in a statement.
Rosenblatt and his family thanked his caretakers at Bellevue and Kings County hospitals, as well as the emergency responders who attended to him, and his friends and family.
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"We thank God that Levi is walking on his own two feet and we are expecting him to make a fully recovery," said Shmuel Gelbshtein, Rosenblatt's uncle.
The officer who fired the shot was taken to Methodist Hospital for ringing in his ears, police say.
Peters wasn't known to anyone inside the Jewish center. Chabad-Lubavitch spokeswoman Chaim Landa said that witnesses told her the attacker was heard saying "Kill the Jews" repeatedly.
Police have said that the suspect was emotionally disturbed. Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said that from what he saw of a bystander's cellphone video capturing the standoff, the shooting appeared to have been justified.
