An EMT was stabbed multiple times by an emotionally disturbed man she was trying to aid inside an ambulance in Manhattan late Wednesday, police say.
The attack happened on the Upper West Side around 9 p.m., a short distance from Mt. Sinai Hospital. Police sources say the ambulance was parked near West 59th Street and 9th Avenue when the man made his move.
Law enforcement sources said the woman was stabbed once in the stomach and twice in her left leg. First responders rushed to her help, with video showing the EMT being carried on a stretcher, before she was transported to another trauma center. She is expected to survive.
Police and witnesses describe the man, identified as 48-year-old Rudy Garcia, as emotionally disturbed. He was swiftly taken into police custody and charged with assault, weapon possession and obstructing governmental administration. Attorney information for Garcia was not immediately clear.
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