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71-Year-Old Woman Fights Off Teen Muggers In New York Subway Attack
Charlie Kirk Staff
01/04/2025
A 71-year-old woman turned the tables on a group of wannabe teen muggers who attacked her on New Year’s Day while she was on her way to church.
The courageous senior citizen fought back against four female teens who punched and stomped on her during the attempted robbery on the crime-ridden New York City subway.
The victim, Linda Rosa of East New York, was traveling to a church service when she exited a No. 3 train at Hoyt Station in Brooklyn around 6 p.m., only to be ambushed by the group, according to the NYPD and a New York Post report.
The teens attempted to steal Rosa’s bag, striking her multiple times. Surveillance footage released by the NYPD shows the suspects smiling as they passed through subway turnstiles. Police are asking the public for help in identifying the perpetrators, who remain at large.
Rosa recounted the harrowing incident to the Post, explaining her refusal to be victimized.
After one teen tried to snatch her purse, another demanded to fight her. The first attacker struck Rosa in the face, knocking her glasses to the ground, while the second took a pocket pouch containing her ID and medical records.
“I was still wrestling with the first person,” Rosa told the Post. “Then I was trying to kick her in between her legs, but my leg wouldn’t stretch far enough, so I believe that’s when I fell. I fell, and then she stomped on me.”
Fearing for her safety, Rosa fought back with all her might. “So I got up right away, and with that, I grabbed her braids and twirled them around my right hand, and then I pulled her down,” she said. Despite demands from the other teens to release their friend, Rosa refused.
When a second teen approached, Rosa acted quickly. “So out of nowhere, I grabbed her hair and twisted it around my left hand,” she said. “So I had them both facedown…[like] rams when they’re getting ready to fight.”
The other two teens screamed for Rosa to release them, and she yelled for help. Eventually, Rosa let the pair go, and the group fled the subway.
Shaken but resilient, Rosa continued to the Brooklyn Tabernacle Church, where staff members assisted her and called 911.
Police told Fox News Digital that Rosa sustained minor injuries and was taken to The Brooklyn Hospital Center in stable condition.
Despite the traumatic ordeal, Rosa expressed gratitude that the attackers were unarmed and forgave them. “They do not know what they do,” she said. “It’s just teenagers acting foolish.”
Rosa also voiced concerns about the safety of New York City’s subway system. “It could happen to anybody,” she said. “Now we’re seeing seniors getting attacked. Anywhere – it can happen anywhere, any station. You could be walking down the street. You could be crossing the street.”
The incident occurred just one day after a man was shoved into an oncoming subway train in Manhattan, sustaining a head injury but surviving in stable condition.
Days prior, authorities reported that an illegal immigrant from Guatemala horrifically set a woman on fire, killing her aboard a subway train in Brooklyn.
