Riverdale, Bronx, NY – A 46-year-old woman bravely fought off a pervert who tried to assoult her in a popular park in Riverdale, one of the city’s most upscale neighborhoods.
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The brazen attack in the heavily Jewish section of The Bronx took place on Yom Kippur in bucolic Ewen Park, long considered a safe haven for nannies and Manhattan-bound commuters crossing to the Broadway IRT El at 231st Street.
The victim, whose name was withheld, was walking alone through a hilly section of the park near Johnson Avenue at 8 a.m. when she was ambushed by a burly 5-foot 2, 180-pound man in his 20’s, he grabbed her from behind and dragged her behind a tree. The woman screamed as she desperately struggled with the crazed attacker. She somehow managed to fend off the perp, who ran away.
Residents of the neighborhood were stunned at the brazen, daylight attack. “It’s a shock. I’m surprised,” said longtime parkgoer Suzanne Corber, 53. “It’s a middle-class area of college-educated people,” she added, pointing to pricey parked cars sporting Ivy League school bumper stickers.
Passers-by said the park is usually busy, but, because of the holiday, it was virtually empty. “This place was a ghost town because of the Jewish holiday,” said Corber.
Cops have released a sketch of him.