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After being chased by the bikers for nearly two miles, Lien was pulled out of his car and beaten when he got off the highway around West 178th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, police said.
All along, police had been trying to find a man they believe may have saved Lien’s life. His picture was circulated around his Washington Heights neighborhood, CBS 2’s Jessica Schneider reported.
He’s since been identified as Sergio Consuegra and he spoke to CNN on Friday night. He said he was on his way to church when the Range Rover was surrounded by bikers.
“I stood between them and the man lying on the floor and I say to them, ‘That’s it. Let it go. Let it go, man. That’s it. It’s done.’ You know, don’t continue doing it. You’re going to kill the man,” Consuegra said.
Consuegra said the woman identified as Lien’s wife was hysterical.
“Yes, she started screaming and then we saw the baby,” he said. “That’s when we started seeing the baby inside the car with her, you know? And everybody started screaming ‘No, no! Not the lady! Not with the baby! Please don’t do that! I scream. too.”
Officials said at least five bikers began beating and even slashing the driver.
“Real big guys … and that’s when like I started thinking I got to do something because nobody is doing nothing, and they are going to kill this family,” Consuegra said. “That’s the moment when I turn around and went like this (he extends his arms) protecting the family and I said to myself I’m not going to move from here until they go.”
The only person criminally charged so far in Sunday’s encounter is Christopher Cruz. The 28-year-old was arraigned Wednesday on misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and unlawful imprisonment.
Police have said he is the one seen at the start of the video cutting in front of Lien’s Range Rover, causing the initial collision. His defense lawyer, H. Benjamin Perez, has denied all the allegations.
Several 911 calls made by the Lien family portrayed a frantic situation.
The first came from Lien followed by three more from his wife, Rosalyn Ng, who told the 911 operator they were “being surrounded” and ”being followed.”
During a final call from 178th Street, Ng told the dispatcher that the bikers were “attacking the car.”
It took emergency officials seven minutes to respond. Their sirens can be heard in the background during the final 911 call.
Ng released a statement Thursday saying they were “faced with a life-threatening situation” when they “were placed in grave danger by a mob of reckless and violent motorcyclists.”
source :
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/10/...-to-surrender/