Meet Joe Lozito – Meet THE LEGEND!
On February 11, 2012 Joe Lazito was on the subway when knife-wielding manic killer Maksim Gelman started stabbing people at random. Luckily, Lazito was not just a big guy (6.2 ft, 270 pounds) but a martial arts-trained one as well. He managed to fight off the killer who had killed four people and stabbed another five until then. Lazito suffered many injuries though : he was grievously wounded and had several deep cuts around his neck and head.
However, the shocking part is yet to come : while Lazito was being attacked by Gelman, there was a police officer on the train who happened to witness the entire crime scene but did nothing to stop the killer. According to his testimony officer Terrance Howell hid, thinking that Gelman might have a gun. Finding out about it, Lazito filed a civil suit against New York Police Department accusing them of negligence. City of New York attorneys claimed that police were not specially obliged to protect anyone from Gelman. The court ruled in NYPD’s favor dismissing Lazito’s suit.
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