New video shows building workers wait for Asian woman’s attacker to flee before approaching
The building workers criticized for doing nothing as they witnessed the brutal assault of an Asian woman this week in Midtown did eventually go outside — once her crazed attacker left the scene, new video shows.
The longer video, provided to the Post by the Brodsky Organization, the building’s management company, shows the moments after a doorman closed the door on the 65-year-old victim, who was knocked to the ground and repeatedly kicked by convicted murderer Brandon Elliot, 38.
Once Elliot is gone, the workers finally open the door and go outside the safety of their West 43rd Street building, the clip shows.
According to Brodsky, the workers claimed they did not initially intervene because they saw the assailant pull out a knife.
When they went outside, they asked the woman if she was OK and whether she wanted to come into the building, which she declined, according to a union spokesperson for the doormen.
The video shows the doormen then flagging down a police car, which the spokesperson confirmed.
The NYPD said no 911 calls were made, but also confirmed Thursday that “people in the building” flagged down cops on patrol.
The two lobby staffers who were initially suspended in the wake of the incident will remain so, “pending determination of whether all emergency protocols were sufficiently followed,” the building owner told PIX 11.
“The Brodsky Organization is gratified to learn that the perpetrator of the vicious attack that occurred on 43rd Street has been apprehended,” the company said.
“We stand with the AAPI community against racism, hate and violence, and continue to communicate with the NYPD, local elected officials, civic groups and local AAPI community leaders around issues of safety and justice.”
Elizabeth Kari, the daughter of the victim, Vilma Kari, wrote on a GoFundMe page that the initial security video “has been the most difficult thing to watch, apart from the crime itself.”
“There were many times that I wish someone would have stepped in,” she said.
However, another person standing across the street did yell and scream to get Elliot’s attention, she added.
“That is where the [first] video cuts off as the attacker crossed the street to him,” she wrote. “To this person, I understand your decision in remaining anonymous during this time. I want to THANK YOU for stepping in and doing the right thing. This gesture of action is what we need in our world right now. I hope one day, my mom and I can thank you personally.”
