One of this year's ugliest incidents in New York occurred on February 3, when a 61-year-old Filipino-American man was attacked on a crowded subway car as he headed to work. A black man repeatedly kicked the victim's tote bag, then allegedly slashed his face from ear to ear with a box cutter after he complained. The Asian man had to seek help on his own, as none of the bystanders assisted him or called for an ambulance, and he received about 100 stitches to close his wound.