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The Asian man who was brutally beaten in a New York City subway station Friday said the ultimate indignity came afterward when the attack was depicted as vigilante justice – after he was anonymously accused of attempting to molest a girl on the train.
'I'm the victim here!' the Asian man, a 42-year-old married father from Queens who asked not to be identified, told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview Tuesday. 'I fell asleep on the train, and I woke up to a bunch of guys grabbing me and assaulting me.
'I was targeted and held against my will, was put in a full nelson and assaulted by two different guys,' he added. 'I didn't even know what the hell was going on. And there was a crowd watching and nobody was helping.'
A disturbing video, shared online over the weekend, shows him being restrained and pummeled by a group of men at the Fulton Street station in Manhattan on Friday afternoon.
The victim, who does plumbing and air conditioning work for a living, told DailyMail.com that he'd been drinking with a friend before falling asleep sitting up on the train.
He said he still has a throbbing headache, bruising to his head and a swollen jaw from the attack.
'I can't even open my mouth properly to eat food. I've got six bumps on my head,' he said.