NOHO — The four Swedish police officers who broke up a subway fight on Wednesday remained remarkably cool and cordial despite the wails of an angry man they had pinned to the floor of the 6 train, a cellphone video shows.
The four blonde-haired tourists were on their way to see "Les Miserables" when a brawl broke out at the Bleecker Street stop and they jumped into help.
A video posted to YouTube on Thursday by a fellow straphanger, captures the tail end of the tussle, once the Swedes have already managed to subdue the belligerent passenger. The Swedish officers, Samuel Kvarzell, 25, and Makrus Åsberg, 25, have the struggling man pinned to the ground with his arms behind his back.
The pair try to placate the man, who screams under their weight.
Erik Näslund, 26, and Eric Jansberger, 28, helped break up a fight in a crowded 6 train on Wednesday.
"Take it easy," Asberg says patting the man on the back. "Just calm down."
"I can't breathe," man wails. "Please."
"You have to wait for the police, sir," Kvarzell, at the man's right arm, says.
The men said they waited for police to arrive on the scene before continuing on their way. They are in town until Sunday, they said.
When the NYPD arrived, they said they took the emotionally disturbed man to Beth Israel Hospital.
