The man seen on surveillance video getting viciously beaten inside a Manhattan McDonald’s by a robber recently moved back to the city for a new job — even though his mother warned him about the rise in violence
"My face has some cuts and bruises ... and also the dizziness, when I stand up I feel dizzy and my head kinda hurts," 53-year-old Melvin Dizon told NBC New York over the phone from his hospital bed."When he hit me I got knocked down, unconscious. I woke up, the next thing I know the cops are there, but its too late."Dizon recently moved back to New York and found a new job at a law firm, after being laid off during the pandemic.
The worker was stabbed at an East Harlem McDonald's while trying to protect his coworkers from a man with a boxcutter. Now the victim's family is urging for more protection for workers. NBC New York's Erica Byfield reports. Police are looking for the man responsible for the brutal attack, and released photos of the suspect entering Penn Station following the attack. Dizon's loved ones hope someone will recognize the suspect and take action — unlike what happened on the morning of the brutal, unprovoked attack.
"There is another man in there and doesn't want to get involved! Can you believe that? A big man!" Dizon's mother said."I know that people are scared, but how can we prevent this crime if no one is doesn't respond or doesn’t do anything about it?"This article tagged under: