While the victim was still on the ground, six other men ran up to him and stabbed and slashed him multiple times.
The victim was walking on West 44th Street near Eighth Avenue just after 5:30 a.m. Wednesday when a man came up behind him and snarled, "What are you looking at?" cops said.
The suspect then knocked him to the ground with what appears to be a metal object and ran off, footage released by the NYPD shows.
While the victim was still on the ground, six other men ran up to him and stabbed and slashed him multiple times, according to cops and the footage.
The suspects bolted on foot, and cops were still looking for them Thursday morning.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital with stab and slash wounds to his body, head and nose, cops said.
He was initially listed in critical condition, but has since stabilized, cops said.
Cops do not believe the victim knew his attackers.
The people say you guys are violent thugs but we really know that you are peace loving tree huggers.
Let's see how the media portrays this.
Mostly peaceful beating of racist white man. White privilege strikes again.