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Brooklyn Subway Attack: Muslim Hero Shot as He Shielded Pregnant Woman

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A few hours after having his Ramadan Suhoor meal, Hourari Benkada was taking the subway to work on Tuesday morning as usual when a gunman set off smoke bombs and opened fire on a New York City subway during morning rush hour.

The young Muslim man of Algerian origin was shot in the knee while trying to shield a pregnant woman as chaos erupted around him.

“All you see is smoke, black smoke bomb going off, and then people bum rushing to the back. This pregnant woman was in front of me. I was trying to help her,” Benkada told CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360″ on Tuesday night.

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“I didn’t know there were shots at first, I just thought it was a black smoke bomb. She said, ‘I’m pregnant with a baby.’ I hugged her, and then the bum rush continued. I got pushed, and that’s when I got shot in the back of my knee.”

Benkada said he reacted on instinct when the woman told him, “Oh my God, I’m pregnant!”

“I was just focused on the pregnant woman and that is when I got struck in the leg. I was just on my way to work,” he said.

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