Because You Demanded It — deranged man attacks subway rider with industrial tools, then absconds with teddy bear on continued crimewave. The Today Show has the goods above. Shocking, as even with the trials and tribulations of a normal New York subway commute, one rarely expects an assault from a pair of cordless reciprocating saws. And there's some question about whether or not MTA workers at the scene fled and/or observed the carnage with bored disinterest. See zone-flooding repetitive linkfest after the jump for full details, but the upshot is that the alleged saw-wielding maniac has been apprehended, and the victim is recovering from his wounds in the hospital. Plus, as Newsday notes, subway officials don't think this will make customers feel unsafe, and they're right — an interviewed straphanger says of the saw attack, "It doesn't happen that often." [emph. added]

UPDATE: New York City Transit maintains that the "transit authority people" who didn't come to the sawing victim's rescue were not MTA employees but actually electrical contractors from Ozone Park. That's what you get for importing cheap Queens labor.

Saw Maniac in Subway Horror [NYP]
Man Slices Through Postal Worker at Subway Station [Gothamist]
'Positive I was a dead man ... I was bleeding everyplace' [NYDN]
Postal Worker Sliced by Saw-Wielding Attacker [NYT]
Saw-attack victim: Workers didn't help me [AMNY]
Slashed at a subway station [Newsday]
Attack With Electric Saw In Subway [NY Sun]
Arrest In Subway Power Saw Rampage [CBS]
Official: Subways safe [Newsday]