18-year-old arrested in stabbing of woman walking to bus in Queens, NYPD says

An 18-year-old suspect has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a woman near a New York City bus stop, according to police. 

The NYPD said Thursday officers charged Luis Emmanuel Valencia Ponce with attempted murder in the apparently random attack on a 29-year-old mother of three in East Elmhurst, Queens. 

The woman remains in the hospital after Valencia Ponce allegedly stabbed her in the back and arms while she was waiting to cross the street early Monday morning at 23rd Avenue and 94th Street. 

The attack was caught on surveillance video, and police released new images of the previously unidentified suspect on Wednesday.

In a phone interview with CBS News New York, the victim, who did not know her attacker, said she feared she would not survive. 

"I felt like a bang, like a push in my back, and then he stabbed me twice," she said. "I thought I was gonna die, and I yelled, thinking I was dying already."

After the attacker ran off, she made it across the street, where a good Samaritan with a dog rushed to her aid. 

"He didn't even hesitate to ask me questions. He just called 911 and told me to lay down on the floor," she said. "I'm thankful. I'm really thankful."

She had been on her way to the bus to get to work at the time. 

Valencia Ponce was also charged with two counts of assault.