USA - NY subway ‘heroes’ honored

New Yorkers Hassan Askari and Walter Adler honored by Foundation for Ethic Understanding for their role in preventing anti-Semitic attack on subway.

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,” said Edmund Burke. He would surely laud Hassan Askari and Walter Adler, as these two brave New Yorkers were honored by the Foundation for Ethic Understanding for their heroic actions in combating an anti-Semitic attack on the Brooklyn-bound Q train this week.

Muslim college student Askari came to Jewish rider Adler’s aid, as Adler and his three friends were assaulted on a subway train in lower Manhattan on Friday night. The altercation erupted when Adler and his friends said "Happy Hanukkah" to a group yelling "Merry Christmas" on the Brooklyn-bound train.

Askari said he tried to fight off the 10 attackers, giving Adler a chance to summon police by pulling an emergency brake. Askari was punched and beaten in this bias attack, while Adler suffered a broken nose and lip wound. Prosecutors have charged eight men and two women with menacing and assault in this case, and said that these charges could be upgraded to hate crimes.

Source: www.ynetnews.com

Date: Dec. 15, 2007

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