Michelle Alyssa Go, who was pushed to her death in New York subway, spent years helping homeless
- The organisation she volunteered at is urging the authorities to do something about the city’s mental health crisis
- Simon Martial, a homeless man with a history of mental illness, is suspected of shoving the Deloitte senior manager into the path of a train
Michelle Alyssa Go spent more than a decade as a volunteer helping the homeless – only to be fatally pushed under the wheels of a Time Square subway train by a mentally ill homeless man, according to police.
On Monday, the New York Junior League, where Go volunteered, urged city leaders to do something about the mental health crisis in the city.
“We call upon the city’s leadership to urgently address the lack of mental health and other supports for underserved communities,” Dayna Barlow Cassidy posted on Instagram next to a photo of Go.
The death sent shock waves through the Junior League, a 120-year-old women’s volunteer organisation, where Go was remembered for her passion for face-to-face work helping prep homeless men and women for job interviews, burnishing their resumes and teaching them financial literacy.
The 40-year-old senior manager for Deloitte Consulting was waiting on the platform on January 15 when Simon Martial, 61, allegedly shoved her into the path of a train as it rolled into the station about 9.30am.
