A Bronx man had 4 of his fingers sliced off by a crazed machete-wielding attacker who had threatened to behead the sufferer’s beloved pooch and maimed the proprietor as a substitute, he advised The Submit.
Docs spent 13 hours reattaching three of the fingers on Tayquon Younger’s left hand — however the fourth couldn’t be discovered, he mentioned from his hospital mattress.
“There is a maniac running around with a machete cutting up people’s hands. I hope the city finds this man and gets him the help that he needs,” mentioned Younger’s mom, Kimtreese Younger, who pleaded for authorities to take the grisly incident “seriously.”
Younger, 34, was strolling together with his caramel-colored pit bull Chanel on the nook of Southern Boulevard and East 178th round 11:30 a.m. Friday when the 4-year-old pup started attempting to play with one other man’s smaller canine, in response to Younger and authorities.
“I was on the phone with my wife, and his dog came up on my dog,” Younger recalled.
“They was playing around, his dog didn’t have a leash, my dog was next to me, she wasn’t biting his dog or anything. My dog was trying to play around.”
However the different canine proprietor took exception, turning into enraged and threatened to chop Chanel’s head off.
He reached into an interior coat pocket — and whipped out a big blade.
“He pulls out the machete to cut my dog’s head off. I put my hand out to grab the sword, and he just cut my hand off,” a shocked Younger mentioned.
The machete “was about 30 inches, over two feet.”
“I was in disbelief . … I knew that the fingers were missing, I knew that, but I didn’t want to look down.”
Nobody tried to assist him, he mentioned.
“They was just watching, recording it on their phones to post on their websites. People wasn’t helping me. I had to tell them to call 911. The owner of the store son was recording me. That’s crazy.”
The machete man fled and Younger, a upkeep employee for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, was rushed to the hospital.
His household tried to search out his fourth finger, however couldn’t.
“I know they were looking for the fourth one. I think maybe a bird took it,” mentioned Younger, who credited his medical doctors for having the ability to reattach the remaining fingers.
“I don’t feel it at all, they numbed it, I’m alright. I’ve been sleeping,” he mentioned. “I’m still in shock. Every time I close my eyes I think about it. When I wake up from sleep I see it, the hit, the impact, the feeling of the brush.”
On Saturday the NYPD launched surveillance photographs of the assault and the machete-carrying madman.
“He had to be already looking for problems to be carrying around a machete. It wasn’t about the dog. He was looking to get into a problem,” mentioned Younger, who hoped his case will get the identical consideration as different crimes within the metropolis.
“I almost feel like if I was shot, they would be more serious about it. When that guy shot the CEO, they found him. My situation should be taken just as seriously,” he mentioned, referring to the Midtown homicide of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
His household now fears for Younger’s future.
“We are worried about his livelihood,” his mother mentioned. “He works in maintenance. How could he work now? We are keeping him in our prayers. I know my son as a strong man. It’s hard to see him break down in tears every five minutes [and say] ‘I was just trying to protect my dog.””
Younger’s uncle, Andrew Value, lamented the unhinged violence.
“The Bronx has gotten so bad, it’s almost become normal to hear about violence. It happens every day,” he mentioned.
“It makes you suppose, ‘Should I carry a weapon now?’ As a result of anyone may have one thing. My nephew was unarmed.
“I’m just happy it was a finger, and not his whole hand, or his life.”
