A video taken from a brownstone stoop, according to the New York Daily News, shows the man grabbing the woman as she screams for help for about 45 seconds Thursday night. The suspect ran off when neighbors came out. No arrest was made.
"There's nothing heroic about what we did -- we were just being good neighbors," 44-year-old Donald Harrington said. According to the newspaper, Harrington, a construction worker, responded to the woman's cries for help in his pajamas.
"I just hope this guy doesn't come back to do it again. It makes you think twice before walking down the block at night," Harrington said.
Read more in the Daily News.
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