By COLlive reporter
Lives have been saved on Friday afternoon in Crown Heights thanks to the alertness of a teacher at a Jewish preschool.
She was on the school bus making its rounds dropping children off at their homes around the Brooklyn neighborhood.
“Since it’s the beginning of the year, it’s a slow process,” she told COLlive.com.
When the bus driver took a moment to speak with a parent on Sterling Street near Brooklyn Avenue, the driver of the vehicle behind them, a small black 4 door sedan, stepped out.
The teacher said the man approached them was furious and shouting in a language unfamiliar to her. She froze in fright when she saw him grab a small knife from his car.
“When I saw the knife, I began shouting to the bus driver to keep moving,” she said. “The man began jamming the knife at the doors of the bus, banging on the doors and trying to open them. Thank G-d the doors were closed.”
In the safety of the closed bus, the teacher dialed 911. When the attacker saw her calling, he ran into a building on the block, she says.
Shomrim volunteers arrived immediately, however the police did not arrive for 30 minutes, she says.
The police officers explained that they came as fast as they could under the circumstances, but “they told me that there is a huge amount of crime happening in the neighborhood now, and they don’t have enough officers,” she said.
“People need to know that there is terrible chaos right now,” she said. “I am terrified of the fact that the schools are planning to be open on Monday, and who knows what could happen?”
“The officers said to caution the neighborhood – they said if you don’t have to leave your home on Labor Day, you should not be going out unless it’s urgent,” the teacher said.
As reported on COLlive.com, a large police presence is expected in Crown Heights on Labor Day, even though the annual Caribbean Day Parade was canceled.
Why on planet earth are Police showing up after 30 minutes??? This in NYC, a hotspot for crime. We need Mayor Giuliani back. And we need to fix the system of police. They should be showing up at a scene latest 5 minutes after
Its not the fault of the police they are short staffed thanks to the momzer
De Blasio cutting their funding. Blame him not the cops.
The guy who did it is name Steve Baboram he drive a black Toyota Camry he lives in the building 474 Brooklyn av 2D i hear him talking about it how he was trying to kidnap the Jewish bus of school kid with a knife.
Weapon, children, 30-minutes for police to come… And, there is a precinct right around the corner (Empire/NY Ave).
Check the bus cameras
The officers said to caution the neighborhood – they said if you don’t have to leave your home on Labor Day, you should not be going out
Liberty and freedom…as defined by de Blasio
“The police officers explained that they came as fast as they could under the circumstances, but “they told me that there is a huge amount of crime happening in the neighborhood now, and they don’t have enough officers,” she said” Crime is rising in every category daily, The streets are not safe, Each day has more and more shootings in CH & in Brooklyn, There are 2 types of Neighborhoods throughout NYC. One type (which is the majority) has the majority of their neighborhood’s residents want to Defund & even Abolish the NYPD, They have No respect for law &… Read more »
Join Shomrim/Shmira At a time where the police are Defunded and almost no where to be found, And the criminals are brutally attacking us on the streets of Kan Tziva Hashem Es Habrocha. Shomrim and Shmira, both great organizations, are out all day and all night doing their best for us all. These brave individuals are volunteering their time for you, for us, for our ch community, but they both need more brave individuals to join them to help our community stay safe. It would be great if ALL the Yungerlait and older mature working Bochurim in Kan Tziva Hashem… Read more »
It’s 2020 and we are scared to send our children to school.
You were saying he came out of a small sedan and then ran into a building what happened to his car that he came out of.was not registered to anyone
It seems the obvious and logical steps don’t apply when it’s only the Jewish community at risk. We need weapons and responsible armed volunteers badly.
Every Jew a 22. Though these days a 38 is more relevant
Please support shomrim and or shmira ! It’s an important Tzedaka . Now more than ever .
As well any and Every young able bodied men and older/mature bocherim that have some free time and would like help our community, their community should definitely consider joining either Shomrim or Shmira, you can ask someone thats in either shomrim or shmira how to join or can call their hotline.
Where are the self-righteous chabad protesters?
Was the individual with the knife, black, white or Asian. What did security camera’s show. Did they get a license plate number? What building did he run into? I know it was Erev Shabbos, can we have follow up please?
Just wondering what the police call a higher priority than attempted murder by a knife wielding man involving a school bus full of children. The entire police force was not available. I’d like to see a log of what each officer was doing for those 30 minutes while they let this mistake get away. If there is no demand for a citywide search and the creature is not placed in a cage for a very long time, then this community has laid out an engraved invitation for more c”v.
Stay home Sunday and Monday. Learn at home virtually. They are threatening to “take to the streets if no parade allowed.” Callers to radio and interviews are warning. Learned at home for 3 months, Do same for 2days PLEASE!
With the police not being able to respond it’s probably best to stay at home if you can and not go out until they change this mayor and bring somebody and we could return some normalcy to the city
Around the corner from the station and not one of them available? They didn’t come to this TOP priority crime scene because they didn’t want to. And left plenty of time for the suspect to get away. This matter needs to go to national news.
You sound like a self righteous liberal who think they know everything. You were probably one of those calling to defund police, now you want them running? Sick. It’s people like you who created these problems we’re all in now. You have no idea what the cops are going through now and how they are overworked. But keep blaming them for issues you cased. Shame on you.
All NY Jews need to start packing heat. Get a gun, get training, get licensed, and use it as needed.
This is a direct result of not implementing a Moment of Silence in the public schools and not sufficiently increasing the Sheva Mitzvos bnai Noach. Each and every one of us has an obligation to do something.
I have seen with my own eyes a Jewish bus driver, with a bus full of kids, sitting on his bus with all the time in the world, chatting with a friend who happened to be on the block. Behind him was a line full of car, people who had to go home after work, people who had to pick up their own little kids from school while the teacher had to leave but had to wait on the parent to show up, people who were late for an appointment, and who knows what else. The street was narrow, no… Read more »
Are you saying that next time you’re in traffic, and you’re stuck behind someone, you’d get out of the car and start stabbing people?
You claim to be the devil’s advocate, but you seem to be the devil himself. I have no nicer way of saying this, but if you don’t see how deranged your statement is, please get help. You need it.