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The NYPD on Sunday released surveillance footage of the sicko who tried to rape a 32-year-old woman in Queens early Friday before a good Samaritan chased the creep away.

The video captured the suspect, wearing blue jeans and a light-colored sweater, leaving the scene of the assault in East Elmhurst around 5:45 a.m., police said in a press release.

The victim was walking near 31-31 94th St. when her attacker snuck up behind her, put a handkerchief over her mouth and threatened to killer her, then threw her to the ground, authorities said.


  Police said this man is suspected of trying to rape a woman in Queens early Friday. DCPI Police said this man is suspected of trying to rape a woman in Queens early Friday. DCPI

Cops said the criminal pulled down the woman’s pants and underwear and tried to assault her.

That’s when a gutsy local resident spotted the vicious attack and intervened, WABC-TV News reported.

“I kinda lift up the window, and I kinda heard someone say in Spanish, ‘I have three kids, I have three kids!’ ” said the female witness, who asked not to be identified, to Eyewitness News. “As I opened my gate door is when I saw the person on top of the lady, and that’s when I started yelling at him.

“I just ran after him,” she said. “But I knew I wasn’t going to make it because, first of all, I wasn’t wearing the right shoes, and it’s slippery.”

Cops said the fiend ran off. His traumatized victim was listed in stable condition after being rushed to a local hospital, the NYPD said.

Police sources said the victim was apparently walking home from work when she was attacked.


  The sicko ran off when a good Samaritan intervened. DCPI The sicko ran off when a good Samaritan intervened. DCPI

Cops are asking anyone who can help nab the would-be rapist to call NYPD Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS or at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org.

“I would be happy that I was able to stop that,” the good Samaritan said, “that I was there at the right time.”

Additional reporting by Larry Celona

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