NEW YORK (PIX11) -- Abu Khan, 64, limped into his Queens home Monday after being released from the hospital.

"I said I'm going to die anytime; the train's going to come," he recalled.

The postal worker was callously kicked onto the subway tracks while waiting for his train Sunday afternoon at Penn Station.

"[The suspect] go by the wall and kicked me in the back and I was thrown onto the track," Khan said.

Khan suffered head injuries, causing bleeding in his brain and injuries to his back and leg.

The suspect ran off after the unprovoked attack.

Khan, a husband and father, grew emotional.

"My kids, who take care of them if I die?" he wondered.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and MTA officials said they share these concerns after a deadly and dangerous year so far in the subway.

"This is very much top of mind. Statistically, things are not as bad as they've been. That doesn't help anyone feel better," Hochul said.

Overall, crime is up 13% year to date, according to the NYPD, but fear for many passengers is higher.

"This is a top priority, the safety of our customers and workers," the MTA's Chief of External Relations John McCarthy said.

Just last week, an MTA conductor was slashed in the neck. Doctor Patrick McGrory was on board the train and saved his life. Alton Scott nearly bled out after a blade nearly severed the ceratoid artery.

"It was a very close call, he's lucky," McGrory said.

An emotional reunion for each of them on Monday as the wounded conductor contemplates his future with the agency and his mortality.

"God bless you. You're a good man; you're my angel," Scott said to the doctor.

Wednesday, Hochul, MTA, and city officials will unveil their latest plan to deter crime throughout the transit system.