A young Irish woman on vacation in New York City was walking home with a friend when a thinly built black male walked up to her and smashed her in the face with a masonary brick completely at random.  The assailant appears to have committed the attack simply ‘for the fun of it’.   The young lady is undergoing facial reconstruction.

CBS New York –  Alisha Jordan came to play Gaelic football in a local woman’s league. Her friend and roommate, Rosie O’Reilly, told CBS 2′s Lou Young her injuries are horrifying.

“The front of her skull is crushed. They’re doing re-constructive surgery where they’re putting a plate in her skull to hold it together,” O’Reilly said. “She has 15 stitches between her eyes. Her teeth are broken.”

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Jordan was walking home with another friend before dawn Saturday morning when the incident happened without warning.

Katonah Avenue seemed safe enough, but a man that both women had seen muttering to himself earlier, just attacked.

He grabbed a piece of broken masonry near an old church and began swinging. The friend who was with Jordan was too afraid to be publicly identified, but spoke to CBS 2′s Young. (read more) or (watch video)