<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0SX4SG_0venP1Es00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0SX4SG_0venP1Es00" width="720" height="406" >An elderly woman said she feels "lucky" to be alive after she was randomly attacked by a man in New York City.Gloria, 81, was walking her son's dog on the Upper West Side in Manhattan on Friday when a man crept up behind her on the sidewalk near her apartment at West 66th Street and Amsterdam Avenue just after 7pm on Friday last week. The shocking incident captured on CCTV shows the man, dressed in black, walking past the woman before returning next to her and hitting Gloria's head against the side of the building.She then lost her balance and fell to the ground as the man walked away and bystanders rushed to her assistance. The victim suffered facial and head injuries as well as bruises to her neck after the random assault, police said. Gloria was then taken to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital for treatment.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4YDPwt_0venP1Es00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4YDPwt_0venP1Es00" width="1200" height="1171" ><figcaption>Gloria was walking her son's dog on the Upper West Side in New York City when she was attacked by a stranger</figcaption></figure>While speaking to FOX5, Gloria said she doesn't remember many details of the incident due to the concussion she suffered. She described the ordeal as "scary" especially because it happened in front of her building, but said she didn't want to see the tape of the attack.She told the news station: "I didn't want to see the tape and maybe because I feel so lucky, because he could have had a knife. My neck was almost as fat as my face." But despite the attack, she said she still walks her dog outside as she defiantly declared: "I'm not going to hide in my apartment." However, she said she will now be more careful when out and about and will avoid riding the subway or being in tight spaces for the time being. The New York Police Department is continuing to investigate the incident. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3vZxLo_0venP1Es00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3vZxLo_0venP1Es00" width="1200" height="567" ><figcaption>The 81-year-old woman said she feels 'lucky' to be alive after the attack</figcaption></figure>Gloria told the New York Post she didn't think she was targeted by the man but said she wants him to get help if he is captured by the police. The victim said: "I don't take it personally, it was random, nobody really wanted to do it just to me. I don't take it personally."Gloria has lived on the Upper West Side since 2007 and regularly frequents Lincoln Center, according to the Post. She said the swelling on her face is now going down and added she was thankful that her injuries were not more serious. Talking about the attack, she said: "It was such a surprise because it was described to me how it happened that I would not have been able to do anything. But at least I'm now looking to see who's coming toward me and not to be too close to people and like in the last two days when I see people a little bit off, I just really make sure I'm a little bit far from them so I’m very vigilant."Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). </div></body>

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Horror moment woman, 81, randomly punched in face by stranger as she walked dog in New York

An elderly woman said she feels \"lucky\" to be alive after she was randomly attacked by a man in New York City. Gloria, 81, was walking her son's dog on the Upper West Side in Manhattan on Friday when a man crept up behind her on the sidewalk near her apartment at West 66th Street and Amsterdam Avenue just after 7pm on Friday last week. The shocking incident captured on CCTV shows the man, dressed in black, walking past the woman before returning next to her and hitting Gloria's head against the side of the building.

An elderly woman said she feels "lucky" to be alive after she was randomly attacked by a man in New York City. Gloria, 81, was walking her son's dog on the Upper West Side in Manhattan on Friday when a man crept up behind her on the sidewalk near her apartment at West 66th Street and Amsterdam Avenue just after 7pm on Friday last week. The shocking incident captured on CCTV shows the man, dressed in black, walking past the woman before returning next to her and hitting Gloria's head against the side of the building.