bundled up in her brown leather jacket and headed to Holy Cross Church
. But instead of going to mass, she was rushed to the hospital with a fractured pelvis. Security footage shows Kari being shoved to the ground just a few blocks away from the church.
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he assailant, a man who has since been identified and charged with a hate crime, stomped on Kari s head three times, before leaving her crumpled body on the sidewalk.
The attack, just one in a string of senseless anti-Asian hate crimes since the start of the pandemic, drew widespread condemnation of t
hree men who appear to watch from the lobby of a nearby luxury apartment complex. Not one of them stepped in to help, and w
Victim of Brutal Times Square Anti-Asian Attack and Her Daughter Speak Out Vilma Kari, who said she is still processing the full spectrum of what has happened, is calling for greater attention to violence against people of Asian descent
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After she endured a brutal attack in front of a luxury apartment building in Times Square in New York City, which drew widespread outrage after video of the assault went viral, Vilma Kari, the Filipino American victim, and her daughter, Elizabeth, are making their story heard.
Vilma Kari, 65, who was knocked to the ground and repeatedly stomped on as she was on the way to church in March, agreed to speak to NBC Asian America via email and Elizabeth Kari spoke over the phone in hope of drawing attention to the racism Asian Americans have withstood during the pandemic. Vilma, who was diagnosed with a fractured pelvis and said she is still processing the full spectrum
Doormen fired for failing to intervene in anti-Asian attack » Nichi Bei nichibei.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nichibei.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NEW YORK Two New York City apartment building workers have been fired for failing to help an Asian American woman as she was being violently attacked on the sidewalk outside, the building s management company said Tuesday. Surveillance video of the March 29 attack near Times Square showed that the doormen didn t step outside and approach the woman until more than a minute after the violence stopped and the assailant walked away. The men watched from the lobby as 65-year-old Vilma Kari was repeatedly kicked and stomped, the video showed. One of them closed the building s door as Kari lay on the ground seconds after the attack ended.