The grieving parents of the Florida man who died days after being slugged, allegedly by a Wake Forest coach basketball coach, said his attacker should’ve gotten him help — instead of just taking off.
“If you’re this good father, son, husband, why not try to take him to the hospital and see if you could save his life?” Bob Kent said Friday on NBC’s “Today” show.
Kent’s son, Sandor Szabo, was knocked out, allegedly by Jamill Jones, early Sunday in Long Island City. Surveillance video showed Jones, 35, walking away.
Kent and his teary-eyed wife, Donna Kent, said their son, who was in town for his stepsister’s wedding, was simply trying to call a cab.
“He was trying to get an Uber and his cellphone died and so he just tapped on the wrong guy’s window,” Donna Kent said.
Szabo — who sources said was drunkenly banging on cars — was punched so hard, he fell backward and bashed his head on the pavement.
“He was hit so hard, his lip was pushed into his upper tooth and came through his lip,” said Bob Kent.
Szabo, 35, who lived in Boca Raton, spent a couple of days on life support before he died Tuesday. His parents said they’re donating his organs.
“We were just hoping for a miracle that he would come through,” Bob Kent said. “We always had somebody holding his hands to just see if he would just give our hand a squeeze to let us know he was there.”
In a statement, the Jones family shared their condolences with Szabo’s kin and credited the hoops coach as a loving father of two young children.
“I used to be a mother of two as well,” Donna Kent said on “Today.” “And I’m sorry — your condolences are a little bit too late.”
The city Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Szabo’s death a homicide Friday, saying he died of blunt impact injuries to the head and suffered a brain injury.



