Vietnam vet, 79, and wife celebrating 75th birthday knocked down by 5 brutes in random NYC attack

A 79-year-old Vietnam War seasoned and his woman celebrating her 75th day were randomly knocked to nan crushed by 5 brutes successful Lower Manhattan this week — causing her to break her collarbone and 4 ribs. 

Long Island residents Martin and Rosalyn Landsman were stepping connected Canal Street adjacent Lafayette Street astir 2 p.m. Wednesday erstwhile nan convulsive unit allegedly mowed them down from behind.

“We were walking, I conjecture eastbound to get to a subway – and that’s nan past point I remember,” Rosalyn, a retired speech-language therapist, told The Post Friday successful an exclusive telephone question and reply from nan couple’s room astatine Bellevue Hospital.

“It was for illustration a herd conscionable moving complete something,” Martin, a erstwhile administrator astatine a awesome metropolis hospital, recalled.

“Apparently [police] said 3 guys ran complete [Rosalyn], which is apparently why she collapsed truthful galore bones,” he said.

“My main interest was Rosalyn, because of nan grade of her injuries.”

The husband-and-wife had planned to return nan train to nan Staten Island Ferry to sojourn nan National Lighthouse Museum arsenic portion of Rosalyn’s day celebration.

Instead, they were knocked unconscious and rushed by ambulance to nan hospital, wherever they were still recovering Friday afternoon. 

Rosalyn took nan brunt of nan onslaught – and needed to acquisition X-rays immediately.

“Every truthful often, nan room starts to rotation because I sewage knocked connected my caput connected nan concrete,” she said.

Martin – who was near pinch a swollen ankle and backmost symptom – described nan attackers arsenic handbag peddlers moving from a constabulary raid, though nan activity apparently happened down them and they didn’t spot anything.

“I’ve spent my full life successful New York,” Martin said. “I’m acquainted pinch it. From my perspective, this is an absolute low. I can’t judge what’s going on. It’s conscionable demoralizing to me.” 

He and his woman grew up successful Queens, and person lived successful Rosyln Heights, Nassau County, for 48 years. 

He said he knows nan Canal Street area good and is acquainted pinch nan forbidden vendors who person been mounting up shop there.

“I consciousness for illustration I’m watching my state disintegrate successful beforehand of maine complete here,” Martin said. “I conscionable don’t get why politically, we can’t power this — why we person to let hundreds of group to group up a flea marketplace successful nan mediate of New York City. I conscionable don’t get it.”

He besides blasted section officials for “not doing your job.”

“People for illustration america who person lived here, emotion nan metropolis – we want nan metropolis to thrive,” Martin said. “You’re spending resources protecting nan incorrect group now. Start to protect nan correct group of people. They’ve sewage it upside down.”

The NYPD was incapable to corroborate immoderate specifications astir nan alleged ambush connected forbidden vendors.

The suspects were still connected nan loose Friday and nan NYPD released their photos successful a plea for nan public’s thief successful search them down. 

“I’m active, truthful this is really slowing maine down,” Rosalyn said. “I person symptom successful my back, and I person symptom erstwhile I respire excessively deeply…. But americium I miserable and depressed? No, I will conquer this. We’ll get complete this.”

The unprovoked mow-down happened precisely a week aft different aged female was wounded successful a vicious onslaught astir a mile away, authorities said. 

The attacker – who appears to beryllium a overmuch younger female – approached nan 73-year-old unfortunate astatine Fulton and Gold streets astir 8:30 p.m. Oct. 13, cops said. 

The crazed fishy many times punched nan female successful nan face, slammed her to nan ground, and kicked her for nary reason, constabulary said. 

The alleged brute – past seen wearing a achromatic cardigan sweater, achromatic leggings, grey sneakers, and carrying a achromatic purse – ran off, heading northbound connected Gold Street. 

The unfortunate was not hospitalized, authorities said. 

Anyone pinch accusation connected nan suspects successful either lawsuit is asked to telephone nan NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline astatine 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) aliases for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). 

The nationalist tin besides taxable their tips by logging onto nan Crime Stoppers website astatine https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, aliases connected X @NYPDTips.