Video shows chaotic aftermath of NYC EMS stabbing attack — as alleged disturbed assailant is charged

Video taken in the moments after an EMS worker was stabbed inside an ambulance shows her wailing on the ground as her colleagues tend to her and confront her alleged attacker — who was hit with charges Thursday over the horrifying attack.

Rudy Garcia, 48, was charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon, and obstruction of governmental administration for the Wednesday night attack on the Mount Sinai West first responder at West 58th Street and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan, police said. 

The unhinged man allegedly stabbed the 25-year-old Emergency Medical Service worker with a kitchen knife in the arm and leg, cops said. She was taken to the hospital and listed in stable condition.

The alleged stabber was emotionally disturbed, sources told The Post – but the exact motive for the stabbing remains unclear.

Dramatic footage obtained by The Post shows the aftermath of the attack, including the first responder collapsing on the ground, screaming and crying as a colleague tends to her. 

The alleged assailant is seen going back into the ambulance as another worker yells, “What the hell is he doing? What are you doing?” 

He comes back out of the ambulance as the first responders scold him, “Back off now! Keep your hands down!” 

“I don’t know what happened,” the man can be heard saying. 

“You stabbed her, bro!” an EMS worker replies.

The suspect had been picked up by EMTs on the Upper West Side at West 94th Street and Amsterdam Avenue on a cardiac arrest call — when he allegedly launched the attack, sources said.  

Garcia, of the Bronx, remained at Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was receiving treatment early Thursday.

According to police, Garcia has eight prior arrests – the most recent in June for transit fraud. 

He has also been arrested for criminal possession of a weapon, assault, menacing, drug possession, and robbery, cops said. 

Police said the assault bust stemmed from an April 2017 incident in which Garcia headbutted a Manhattan cop who was arresting him on an unrelated matter.