Attack on NYC Woman, 101, Caught on Tape

[brentspeak]

NEW YORK Mar 10, 2007 (AP)— For a moment, the man in the grainy video looks like a good Samaritan holding the door open for an elderly neighbor. Then he turns and delivers three sharp punches to the 101-year-old woman's head.

"The next thing I knew, I had a big bang on the side of my face," said Rose Morat, who suffered a fractured cheekbone and lost her purse and $33 to the mugger.

...The 85-year-old woman believed to be the mugger's second victim, Solange Elizee, told police she was punched and pushed to the floor outside her apartment door by a man who had initially offered to help her get home. "I like to help old people," he said before turning violent, according to Elizee...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2940950

[BuelahWitch]

1. I would never be that desparate for money

that I'd beat up an old lady (or man, for that matter).

People that do are scum! :cry:

[etherealtruth]

2. That was positively disgusting ...

What kind of person preys on the most vulnerable in society ... Don't answer, I know. As stated above : SCUM

[MrSlayer]

3. What a cowardly piece of shit.

I hope this guy decides to put up a fight when the cops nail him.