NYC hotel doorman helps foil attacker who allegedly punched 9-year-old girl: ‘I’m not a hero”

Neil Johnson, a doorman on the Plaza Resort in New York Metropolis, is being hailed a hero after he detained a person who randomly attacked a 9-year-old lady. 

“To begin with, I’m not a hero,” Johnson stated on “Fox & Pals First” Wednesday. “There was a scenario, and I confirmed up.”

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Johnson instructed host Carley Shimkus that he heard a person screaming, which wasn’t initially a trigger for concern. He then heard a lady screaming.

He ran to the girl and located her with a toddler and a child carriage being adopted rapidly by a person who was gaining floor on them. She instructed Johnson the person had assaulted her daughter. 

Raheem Ramsarran, the 27-year-old suspect, allegedly punched the younger lady unprovoked. Johnson stated it was clear Ramsarran was mentally in poor health.

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“I turned towards the man and began yelling at him to not transfer,” Johnson stated. 

Johnson and one other man stayed with Ramsarran till police arrived and took him into custody.

He stated Ramsarran remained calm when approached by police, which stored the scenario from escalating additional. 

Johnson’s run-in with the attacker got here as New York Metropolis’s crime fee in February 2022 jumped 58% total in comparison with February 2021. 

The New York Police Division reported that each main index crime class noticed a rise. 

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“New Yorkers deserve higher,” NYPD commissioner Keechant Sewell stated.

Regardless of Mayor Eric Adams’ deployment of further law enforcement officials, New York subway crime reportedly skyrocketed by greater than 200% within the week following the brand new crackdown efforts.

Happily, Johnson stated, Ramsarran didn’t have a weapon. Johnson, nevertheless, stated he by no means feared for his personal security.

“Whenever you hear a lady screaming, and whenever you see the visible of a lady with a child carriage and just a little lady operating away screaming from a man, you simply, you gotta assist,” he stated. 

Fox Information’ Stephanie Pagones contributed to this report.