Oscar Mora never imagined that a simple morning outing buying donuts would cause vision loss in his right eye being a victim of street violence in New York.
The unexpected attack occurred on the morning of September 25 when Mora, a resident of Queens 41-year-old husband and father of three, left home on National Daughter’s Day.
“I got up and I went to get donuts for my daughter. But I didn’t make it to Dunkin’ Donuts. I noticed there was a gentleman there. He had thrown something at me. It was a sharp object. And he basically broke my eye. There were no words or interaction,” Mora told Pix11adding that he must now “learn to live with one eye.”
He basically broke my eye. There were no words or interaction.”
Oscar Mora
Police released a photo of the unidentified suspect, taken from surveillance video that captured the suspect walking down Hillside Avenue and then running back the way he came. Two weeks after the attack, the suspect remains at large.
Mora and his wife Stephanie said that the situation was made worse by an eight- to nine-hour wait for emergency eye surgery at Jamacia Hospital. “It was hours and hours. “The blood kept gushing out of my eye,” Mora said.
“I saw blood coming out of his eye, all the time. It was horrible. “It was a very bad experience in the hospital,” added his wife Stephanie Mora. Citing privacy rules, the hospital declined to comment on this case.
Mora said that He doesn’t know when he’ll be able to drive or walk again without losing his balance, much less return to work.. She is optimistic about an upcoming eye doctor appointment scheduled for late October and hopes to regain at least some vision in her severely damaged eye. Many of the medical expenses have been paid out of his own pocket. The family has a page on GoFundMe created to help with those costs.
No arrests have been made. Anyone with information should call at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the page crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
2023-10-10 16:34:00
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