87 famed vocal coach pushed to ground by a young woman, in critical condition

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The 87-year-old woman critically injured in a random shove attack Saturday was identified by her family as a famed voice coach whose students included Blondie singer Debbie Harry.

Barbara Maier Gustern, who was pushed to the ground by a younger woman in Chelsea, remains unconscious with a serious brain injury, her grandson said on Facebook.

Her assailant remains on the loose.

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Surveillance footage of the suspect who attacked Gustern.
NYPD
“She has suffered traumatic damage to the left side of her brain, and has been unconscious the entire time,” wrote her grandson, AJ. “She is intubated and we are unclear how much she is able to breathe on her own.

“Should she awake, she will most likely suffer speech problems and may be unable to move her right side,” he said. “It is a very serious injury.”


https://nypost.com/2022/03/13/elderly-shove-victim-idd-as-voice-coach-barbara-maier-gustern/

Hunt for young female commuter who critically injured Broadway singing coach, 87, by pushing her over in unprovoked attack near subway station in Manhattan's trendy Chelsea neighborhood
Barbara Maier Gustern, 87, who once coached Blondie singer Debbie Harry, was pushed from behind in front of her building at W. 28th Street and Eighth Avenue
The attack occurred round 8.30pm on Thursday, the New York Police Department said
Gustern was conscious when paramedics arrived and managed to tell police that she had been attacked by another woman
She sustained severe injuries to her head and remains critically injured
'She has suffered traumatic damage to the left side of her brain, and has been unconscious the entire time,' Gustern's grandson said on Facebook



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10608541/Woman-87-shoved-critically-injured-hitting-head-pavement.html

[Walleye]

1. Civilization is really breaking down

[electric_blue68]

6. No it isn't. Majority of people ate still good.

[Kittycatkat]

2. Vile species we. I'd like to coms back as a tree.

[electric_blue68]

7. Uh, no. Some people are vile, a lesser percent even murderous.

[NullTuples]

8. Seriously? Have you seen the deforestation rate?

I'm coming back as a virus.

[Mr. Evil]

9. IKR?

My luck if I came back as a tree I'd be chopped down, turned into a bench and be left to deal with assholes for the rest of my existence.

[Deuxcents]

3. Yes..I also think this attacker will be caught.

Cameras are everywhere. When they do get her, I hope she goes straight to jail until the older woman survives and then to court. Good thing I won’t be on the jury.

[Tomconroy]

4. Suddenly your reading this stuff every day about NYC.

[electric_blue68]

5. Crime had dropped so low that any rise (which is still small) seems like a lot...

especially w awful things like this.

Just discussed on NYC public radio in the lady day or two.