A 29-year-old doctor in New York City has undergone emergency surgery for a broken jaw following a violent hate crime attack on July 4.Sina Rezaie had just exited the subway in Greenwich Village when an unidentified man approached him from behind.“He called me a f*ggot and then half a block later, he came from behind and kicked and punched me multiple times,” Rezaie told NBC News. “I don’t know why this happened to me.”The beating left Rezaie with his jaw broken in two places.
He lay on the ground until after his attacker had vanished and managed to pull himself to his feet. Then he stumbled to a nearby bar for help.Related: Three arrested following brutal hate crime-murder of a gay man in SpainLaurie Beck and Richard Delay–two friends of.