Transgender woman pushed onto NY train tracks

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Thursday, June 4, 2015
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Security cameras in New York City captured images of a suspect moments before he shoved a transgender woman onto subway tracks.

Security cameras in New York City captured images of a suspect moments before he shoved a transgender woman onto subway tracks.

The incident happened around 9:00 Monday morning in Greenwich Village.

Police say the man approached the 28-year-old woman and said "What are you looking at?"

They say he then grabbed a plastic bottle from a garbage bin, threw it at her and pushed her to the tracks.

The man fled the scene.

Police say another rider helped the victim get back onto the platform, saving her life.

She suffered minor injuries.

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