A woman left paralyzed after being shoved into a moving New York City subway train confronted her attacker in court Wednesday, describing years of pain, trauma and loss.

Emine Yilmaz Ozsoy said she has not known "a single moment" of peace since the 2023 attack, telling the court, "I am in this condition because of his evil action," the early morning commute. At the Lexington Avenue–63rd Street station, he approached her from behind and shoved her by the head and neck into a departing subway car.

Her head struck the train before she was thrown back onto the platform, fracturing her spine. Following emergency surgery, she remains paralyzed from the shoulders down.

According to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, Semrade fled the station immediately after the attack, leaving Ozsoy critically injured on the platform.

He later returned to a Queens shelter where he was living and placed the clothes he wore during the assault out for laundry service. Shelter employees identified him through an NYPD CrimeStoppers alert, leading to his arrest two days later.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said the attack "uprooted her life," leaving her with "catastrophic, permanent injuries, including paralysis."

"After the attack, Semrade callously fled, leaving the victim helpless on the platform," Bragg said. "While nothing can undo the profound harm caused, I hope this sentence brings a measure of justice."

Semrade, who prosecutors said had been working as a delivery driver and had no prior criminal record, did not speak during the sentencing, Fox 5 reported.

In the years since the attack, Ozsoy has documented her recovery, writing on a fundraising page that "my life changed in an instant" when she suffered a severe spinal cord injury.

"When I woke up in the ICU after surgery, everything about my life felt uncertain," she wrote.

After years of rehabilitation and multiple operations, Ozsoy said she has regained some independence, including the ability to use a computer and return to her art, though her recovery remains ongoing.

"Each of these steps represents many hours of therapy, patience, and hard work," she wrote.