Subway Clerk Dies of Burns in Booth Attack
A subway token clerk died Sunday after a two-week struggle to recover from severe burns suffered in a botched robbery that was a virtual replay of a scene from a movie.
Harry Kaufman, 50, had been in critical condition since suffering second- and third-degree burns over 80% of his body on Nov. 26. Two men squirted a flammable fluid into his token booth and ignited it. There have been no arrests.
The movie “Money Train” twice depicts a pyromaniac squirting gas into a token booth and lighting it.
Kaufman’s death came a day after a similar robbery attempt in another subway station. The clerk escaped injury because of a fire-extinguishing system.
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