He was more than just a little rattled by yesterday’s earthquake.
The naked, knife-wielding madman who stabbed four people in his Washington Heights apartment building yesterday thought the earthquake was the end of the world, witnesses said today.
“He was reacting to the earthquake. He started shouting, ‘The world is going to end! The world is going to end! I don’t want to die!'” said Edwin Rivera, 62, whose 84-year-old mother Isabel was stabbed eight times by the psycho.
Rivera’s mother is in stable condition
Christian Falero, 23, allegedly began knocking on doors around 4:10 p.m. yesterday on the second floor of 870 Riverside Drive and stabbing anyone who answered.
The stabbing spree took place over two hours after the 1:51 p.m. quake.
He injured four victims and killed 81-year-old Ignacio Reyes-Collazo before stabbing himself.
Rivera said Falero was a known drug user.
“He took them on top of all the meds he took,” Rivera said of Falero, who also suffers from mental illness.
Charges are still pending against Falero.
Authorities today said a second victim died, Yigao Chen, 60.