Ruffians at eatery fail at ‘cop’ out
SOPHIE YU stood on a Midtown subway platform, waiting for a train that brought only horror.
The 25-year-old Chinese immigrant remained hospitalized Saturday after losing her right arm and leg when a fainting spell sent her plunging into the path of a No. 6 train.
“Oh my God, no!” said a visibly-shaken Derek Mika, the doorman at the victim’s Manhattan building, after hearing the news.
“She’s so quiet. She’s very friendly. She laughs at almost anything you tell her.”
The attractive, dark-haired Yu’s parents were coming in from China this weekend to help and support their daughter in her recovery from the devastating injuries, according to a friend.
“Her family is devastated,” said the close pal, who asked not to be identified. “There’s a lot of stuff they need to figure out right now ... She’s going to have a lot to go through.”
Yu’s Facebook page indicates she studied finance at The Wharton School, graduating magna cum laude on the dean’s list in 2013.
She lived in both Birmingham, Ala., and Nashville, Tenn., before heading north for college in 2009 and staying to take a job in July 2013.
Police and witnesses described a grisly Wednesday afternoon scene when Yu suddenly swooned and fell to the tracks as the train pulled into the 51st St. station on the Lexington Ave. line around 1:30 p.m.
The subway motorman saw the woman fall and slammed on the brakes — but the train couldn’t stop in time. A pair of shoes remained on the platform after she fell.
Yu, after disappearing beneath the oncoming subway, lost her right leg below the knee and her right arm below the elbow, police sources said.
“I’m not sure how much her (parents) know,” said the friend. “We are all supporting her, and I think that’s all she needs right now.”
She regained consciousness and remained alert as rescue workers pulled her from beneath the train, witnesses and police said.
Firefighters and EMTs carefully removed the victim, who was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in critical but stable condition, authorities said.
The victim’s friends were providing help and keeping vigil as they awaited the arrival of her mother and father.
But the news of the woman’s gruesome injuries were difficult to accept for those who knew her.
“I’m spinning,” said doorman Mika after hearing the tragic news. “All right. She’s alive.” DON’T MIND we’re cops!
Port Authority police arrested a pair of rugged revelers who tore up a Hell’s Kitchen restaurant — then told stunned staffers that they were police officers, officials said Saturday.
Shane Crowley, 25, and John Agudelo, 26, were caught shoving an ATM to the ground in the basement of the HK Restaurant on Ninth Ave. at W. 39th St. about 5:50 p.m. on March 5, police said.
“Mind your business, we’re cops,” Agudelo said as workers raced over, authorities said.
When they were told to leave, the two refused to pay their $81 tab and attacked a handful of workers.
They broke a wall and several chairs in the dining area in the process, officials said.
A worker ran over to a police station at the nearby Port Authority bus terminal and reported a robbery in progress.
When police arrived, Agudelo and Crowley had taken off from the restaurant, but were quickly captured on 10th Ave., officials said.
Crowley and Agudelo were charged with assault, criminal mischief and criminal impersonation and were released from jail after a short court appearance, officials said. the damage —