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Falling Debris Hits Doctor on Head in Chinatown, FDNY Says

By  Anton K. Nilsson and Aidan Gardiner | August 24, 2015 2:56pm 

 Dr. Christina Tsim was injured when a spiky object fell from 6 Bowery and hit her, colleagues said.
Dr. Christina Tsim was injured when a spiky object fell from 6 Bowery and hit her, colleagues said.
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CHINATOWN — A foot doctor was injured by a strip of spikes that fell off a building and hit her on the head Monday afternoon, officials and colleagues said.

The woman, who co-workers identified as Dr. Christina E. Tsim, was struck outside 6 Bowery, near Doyers Street, about 1:10 p.m., an FDNY spokesman said.

"It came from up there," said Wei Wan Zhan, pointing to the top of 6 Bowery.

"It hit her in the forehead," the curbside sock merchant said.

Tsim, who runs a podiatry practice nearby, was taken to Lower Manhattan Hospital and treated for injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, fire officials said.

Tsim's assistant visited the scene, retrieved the debris — which appeared to be a piece of metal meant to deter birds from sitting on buildings — and brought it back to her office, the colleague said.