The man who hacked a man's chest open with a power saw inside a Morningside Heights subway station last summer was sentenced to 18 years in prison today. Tareyton Williams apologized, and the victim, Michael Steinberg, while admitting he is forever damaged physically and mentally by the event, accepted. But he had no forgiveness for the TA. Steinberg said workers did not come to his rescue. They had been using the saw earlier during an installation job. The TA says the workers were actually contract employees, and that a booth clerk had called for help.
More here on the MTA's policy of not having employees leave the booth during such emergencies.
-- Rolando Pujol
Photo: Crime scene by Charles Eckert
