New York Daily News

Vic temporaril­y deaf: bro

- Edgar Sandoval, Stephen Rex Brown and Rocco Parascando­la

ONE OF THREE commuters injured in the botched bombing near the Port Authority Bus Terminal subway station was left temporaril­y deaf by the Monday morning blast, her brother said.

Veronica Chavez, 45, had just gotten off a 7 train on the way to her Midtown factory job when the bomb went off, her brother Alfonso, said. “She was a few steps behind the explosion. Right now she’s nervous. She’s a little deaf. Her ears hurt. My sister is a little dizzy,” Alfonso, 42, said outside Mount Sinai West hospital.

“It was ugly, because she saw people fall to the ground. She saw dust everywhere. She saw people under debris. She’s nervous. She’s scared.”

Chavez (photo inset) was walking in front of another brother, Juan Chavez, 40. But she got the worst of the explosion.

Authoritie­s said the three commuters suffered minor injuries.

Sources identified a second victim as David Wall, 64, of Hewitt, N.J. He checked himself into a hospital, seeking treatment for chest pains and ringing in his ears, sources said.

An NYPD cop at Mount Sinai West said a male victim suffered an allergic reaction and was still receiving treatment late Monday. He was not identified.

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