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From the New York Post: A plucky elderly woman on her way to a New Year’s Day church service fought back when a violent group of teen girls pummeled her during a botched robbery inside a Brooklyn subway station, cops said.
Linda Rosa, 71 – a retired MTA computer operation worker who lives in East New York – got off a No. 3 train at Hoyt Street just after 6 p.m. and had just passed through the turnstile when one of the four girls tried to grab her purse, she told The Post Friday.
“And then I [said to myself], ‘Oh, no, this is not going to happen today,’” Rosa said.
Then, another teen tried to grab Rosa’s bag too and said: “Oh, you want to fight?”
However, the four young female thugs picked the wrong person to try to rob. Rosa had worked for the MTA for about 42 years, and retired in 2016. Despite her 71 years, she fought back against the four female attackers.
As Rosa continued to hold on to her purse, Thug #1 punched her in the face, knocking her glasses to the floor and leaving a cut on her nose.
Amid the struggle, Thug #2 managed to dig into Rosa’s purse and snatch out her pocketbook that contained Rosa’s ID and medical records.
“I was still wrestling with the first person,” Rosa told the New York Post. “Then I was trying to kick her in between her legs, but my leg wouldn’t stretch far enough, so I believe that’s when I fell. I fell, and then she stomped on me.”
“I got an impression in me that she was going to stomp me again, but she was going to aim towards my head,” Rosa explained. “So I got up right away, and with that, I grabbed her braids and twirled them around my right hand, and then I pulled her down. She had her head down. Then the other young lady said, ‘Let her go.’ And I said, ‘Oh, no, I’m not letting her go.’”
While holding down #Thug #1, Rosa yelled for help, then saw Thug #2 throw down her pocketbook and come toward her. Rosa grabbed that girl’s hair and twisted it around with her other hand.
““So I had them both facedown….[like] rams when they’re getting ready to fight,” Rosa recalled.
Thugs #3 and #4 began screaming, “Let them go! Let them go!” while Rosa held on and continued yelling for help.
Finally, Rosa turned the girls loose and they fled the area while she picked up her belongings from the floor.
Rosa then proceeded to the Brooklyn Tabernacle Church, where staff called 911 and she was taken to the hospital for treatment.
There doesn’t appear to be a video of the attack, but the NYPD has released a video of the four teen girls coming through the turnstiles into the subway.
The four girls are still on the loose.
🚨🇺🇸NYC GRANDMA TAKES DOWN TEEN ROBBERS IN EPIC SUBWAY SHOWDOWN
Linda Rosa, 71, wasn’t about to let 4 teen attackers ruin her New Year’s Day.
When they tried to rob her at a Brooklyn subway station, she fought back – hard.
After being punched in the face, Rosa grabbed 2 of… pic.twitter.com/o3jnA5ptW1
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 4, 2025
Sometimes us older folks don’t much appreciate being mugged. Glad she inflicted a bit of pain on them.
Gutsy woman, 71, fends off violent attack by 4 teen girls on blue city subway https://t.co/2acWXcdi9x via @@YahooNews
— Kazoomike (@MikePIMarine) January 4, 2025
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