A man soaked in blood with a knife sticking out has been hailed a hero after he defended a woman in the street from a group of violent thugs in New York City.Shocked onlookers saw the gruesome wound, and filmed the man, who was stabbed in the torso and head with a kitchen knife.New York Police Department said the 36-year-old man had been defending a 34-year-old woman, who had been slashed in the face, from four unidentified males and a woman.The group had snatched her purse, which contained her mobile phone, medication, and benefit card, shortly before 11.56am on Tuesday.It is unclear if the male victim knew the woman, but cops say he got into a verbal dispute with an unidentified assailant before he was knifed.Video from the incident shows.
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