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A good Samaritan who took off his own coat to put it on a man sleeping on a midtown Manhattan sidewalk was viciously attacked for his effort, thrown to the…

It happened around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday on Fifth Avenue -- and it wasn't the first time this month the suspect allegedly attacked someone who tried to help himA good Samaritan who took off his own coat to put it on a man sleeping on a midtown Manhattan sidewalk was viciously attacked for his effort, thrown to the ground, punched and robbed by the very man he was trying to help, police say.

"He's very cold. He's sleeping in the street," the good Samaritan said."I take my jacket and put on him." "They fought with each other for one or two minutes and then the criminal grabbed his money and ran away," Wu said of the exchange.

 

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