BROOKLYN, N.Y. (WKRC/WABC/CNN Newsource) - The NYPD is looking for a man caught on camera kicking a woman down an escalator at a subway station.
The victim, a 32-year-old woman, says she's traumatized by the incident.
"I've fallen down stairs before, but I've never fallen down escalators. Escalators are extremely painful," she said.
It happened moments after she stepped off the subway. As she rode up the escalator to the street, a man pushed his way past. The victim told him he should've said, "Excuse me."
In the video, you can see he then turns around and kicks her.
"Kicked me out of nowhere in my chest, and I just came tumbling down the escalator past everyone, all the way to the bottom floor," she said.
The victim had cuts and bruises on her legs and across her arms and back.
Police released this surveillance image of the suspect.
"Just out of nowhere, he felt the need to have to kick me down the stairs," the victim said. "You know, like as if I had the audacity to address him and tell him to say 'Excuse me,' in that moment, he felt like he just had to just kick me down."
The victim says the experience has left her traumatized, and she's worried because the suspect remains at large.
"It was traumatic. It was scary," she said. "And seeing him and also his physical stature, you know, he looks pretty dangerous, and just being around someone that looks like that makes me feel vulnerable."
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.