Subway cellist attacked

Saturday, February 17, 2024

Iain Forrest, a medical student, was performing for evening rush commuters at an NYC subway station when a woman came up behind him and smacked him in the back of his head with his metal water bottle. "I don't think I can do this anymore," he announced on his Instagram two days later. "I'm suspending subway performances indefinitely."

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'This marks the second attack I've endured in less than a year while performing for New Yorkers in subway stations,' the performer wrote on social media. Forrest is wrapping up his MD-PHD studies at Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine

#1 | Posted by censored at 2024-02-17 09:09 PM | Reply

I pity the guy when he's hit with his first medical malpractice suit.

#2 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2024-02-17 09:38 PM | Reply

@#1 ... 'This marks the second attack I've endured in less than a year while performing for New Yorkers in subway stations,' ...

A couple of comments...

1) I no longer visit NYC. I used to visit NYC often, but no more.

2) I remember from a PBS special about Steely Dan back in the 90's, that Steely Dan noted they hired a subway musician for the album they were recording.

imo, NYC has a subway violence problem that needs to be resolved, pronto.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-02-17 09:38 PM | Reply

@#3

To wit...

New York City Subway Station Shooting Latest: Gunman at Large, 1 Killed, 5 Injured
time.com

The evening news I watch each day from a NYC TV station is becoming more and more difficult to watch.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-02-17 09:41 PM | Reply

By the way, Censored, the preferred nomenclature is Asian American.

#5 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2024-02-17 09:41 PM | Reply

By the way, Censored, the preferred nomenclature is Asian American. #5 | Posted by Dbt2
Thems a lot of letters. It's like Western Union over here; get charged by the character for headlines. I don't have a square to spare.

#6 | Posted by censored at 2024-02-17 09:57 PM | Reply

@#3 ... imo, NYC has a subway violence problem that needs to be resolved, pronto. ...

And, I do not say that lightly.

Back in my high school days, the NYC subway was my "school bus."

When I got off the SI Ferry in Manhattan, I walked across the street to the Whitehall Street subway station to catch the BMT RR local train to DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn.

Each day for my high school years.

#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-02-17 10:37 PM | Reply

Why was someone playing a cello at a fast food restaurant?

#8 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-02-18 06:11 PM | Reply

Oh... I just noticed the headline was changed.

#9 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-02-18 06:11 PM | Reply

I hope they catch that portly beast.

#10 | Posted by Brennnn at 2024-02-20 02:02 PM | Reply

The video in this article has a much better view of the beast: www.cbsnews.com

#11 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-02-20 02:31 PM | Reply