Think about serving your nation, elevating a phenomenal household and beating most cancers — solely to die by the hands of a violent beast who had no enterprise being in the US within the first place.
Sadly, for the household of 83-year-old Air Power vet Richard Williams, they don’t need to think about such a nightmare.
They’re dwelling it.
Final week, Williams succumbed to accidents 9 days after he was randomly shoved onto subway tracks by Bairon Hernandez, a scumbag unlawful alien from Honduras.
Hernandez has been deported 4 instances and has at the least 15 felony expenses, in keeping with DHS.
In that very same assault on the Lexington Avenue-63rd Road station, the invader additionally pushed a 31-year-old, who fortunately survived.
Such a horrific dying would elicit a response from our mayor, proper?
Nah, Williams — a person of honor — doesn’t match Zohran Mamdani’s agenda, which seeks to consolation the criminals and regulation breakers.
Mamdani is a person who often writes strongly worded tweets about his pet causes. He’s regularly cheered on Mahmoud Khalil, the anti-Israel activist whose existence in our metropolis — by no means thoughts personal dinner at Gracie mansion — nonetheless boggles the thoughts.
Within the final week alone, he’s tweeted at size about two individuals who died in custody at Rikers.
The mayor mourned them, and promised justice.
“My ideas are with their family members, who are actually going through an unimaginable loss,” the mayor wrote of 1.
Maybe if Williams had a felony report, his household may get some sympathy from Mamdani who, throughout his marketing campaign, vowed to be a mayor for all New Yorkers. That promise was, in fact, mere lip service to placate these accusing him of antisemitism.
Being a mayor for all would imply exhibiting take care of essentially the most weak New Yorkers: the aged.
Possibly Mamdani’s voters who simply moved right here from Wisconsin could be shocked to study that it is a place the place folks really keep to develop previous — whether or not they grew up within the metropolis or select to retire right here.
Folks can journey the subways and stroll for blocks and blocks to maintain the previous ticker and legs in good working order. There’s entry to one of the best medical doctors and all types of tradition. There’s no must drive.
And that’s why we’re drawing an increasing number of of the senior demo. Earlier this month, the New York Occasions reported an enormous surge in retirees shifting right here. Based on information, in 2023, 15,705 folks ages 65 and up moved to New York Metropolis. It was a 40% leap from 2019.
Williams was a type of spry New Yorkers defying Father Time within the metropolis. Having overwhelmed prostate most cancers, the Roosevelt Island resident had a brand new lease on life.
His devastated daughter Diane Williams has described how her father power-walked throughout town, liked cooking and took school historical past courses.
On that fateful day, the veteran was out purchasing, his different daughter, Debbie Williams, advised The Submit proper after the assault.
“He’s totally unbiased. He battled most cancers, he obtained via that. He was out purchasing in all probability as a result of he needed to be entertained,” she mentioned. “He was dwelling his greatest life after which this needed to occur.”
The grim and avoidable destiny Williams suffered is chilling for all New Yorkers, however particularly these of us who’ve aged relations who reside right here. Such is the case for my household matriarchs, who name New York Metropolis house — making their each day rounds to buy and internet hosting common household dinners.
However in the previous couple of years, they’ve stopped taking the subway alone. They merely don’t really feel secure.
Simply after Williams’s assault, Diane mentioned she had reached out to the governor, mayor, MTA, NYPD and the Manhattan DA, all to no avail.
“I’m not going to say, “Why didn’t you do something?’” she defined to The Submit. “I’m going to say, ‘What are you doing now? What are you doing to stop this from occurring to anybody else’s household or anybody else interval?’”
It’s maybe a very powerful query.
Possibly the household has obtained a solution by now, however the public has heard nothing from our leaders. And it’s infuriating.
In the meantime, lots of our pols are screaming about with the ability to protest synagogues and looking for to tax the wealthy and abolish ICE — at the same time as permitting cooperation with the federal authorities may have saved Williams.
However they’d somewhat battle Trump’s home agenda than assist preserve good, law-abiding Individuals secure.
