Delta Force veteran forced to fend off brick-wielding maniac in unprovoked NYC attack: ‘They feel safer in Kyiv’

A dressed up Delta Force vet suffered superior caput injuries aft being slammed successful nan caput pinch a ceramic by an unhinged vagrant pinch a rap expanse successful an unprovoked wide daylight attack.

Hero vet Mark Antal, 54, was opinionated extracurricular an East Village pilates workplace waiting for his young daughters erstwhile 44-year-old James Lawson began screaming for him to get disconnected “his street” soon earlier 11:30 americium connected Sunday, according to constabulary and sources.

Lawson past allegedly lunged astatine Antal and nan 2 sewage into a scuffle — pinch nan deranged maniac allegedly picking up a ceramic and slamming it into nan victim’s head, constabulary said.

Despite being pensive by nan blow, Antal was capable to wrestle Lawson to nan crushed and waited for cops to get aft bystanders called 911, sources said.

The disfigured section sent some men to nan infirmary — and near a bitter sensation for Antal and his family.

“We are grateful that Mark is live and concerned astir harm to his encephalon and head,” his wife, Christine, told The Post connected Monday. “We are worried astir our vicinity and our children. Our children should not beryllium acrophobic to beryllium extracurricular connected a sunny Sunday morning.”

Lawson was besides wounded successful nan scuffle and is being held astatine Bellevue Hospital and second-degree battle charges pending an arraignment successful Manhattan Criminal Court.

Records show that Lawson has 5 anterior unsealed arrests, including 2 felonies.

His latest bust came connected April 9, erstwhile was charged successful 2 abstracted incidents — allegedly smashing a solid astatine a barroom connected Avenue B and reaching into a car and grabbing nan victim’s telephone connected Second Avenue.

Lawson was arraigned connected those charges connected April 11 and released without bail. The charges are not bail eligible nether nan Empire State’s arguable criminal justness reforms.

Meanwhile, Christine Antal said nan incident shook up their family — moreover though they are nary strangers to trauma. They tally nan nonprofit Task Force Antal, which provides humanitarian assistance to victims successful immoderate of nan world’s astir warn-torn regions.

Mark Antal’s subject profession included 12 years pinch nan US Army’s 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta earlier he retired from progressive work successful 2015.

“My children precocious sewage backmost from visiting wounded children and handing retired aesculapian supplies successful Ukraine, and spent nights successful explosive shelters,” Christine Antal said Monday. “Last nighttime they woke up crying and frightened to beryllium successful their location successful NYC and said they consciousness safer successful Kyiv.”

The Legal Aid Society, which represents Lawson, did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Additional reporting by Amanda Woods