Worker Who Came to NY To Help Sandy Victims Beaten

By Rheana Murray, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Worker Who Came to NY To Help Sandy Victims Beaten

November 13, 2012 Updated Nov 13, 2012 at 11:12 AM PDT

A Florida electrical worker who came to New York to help after Hurricane Sandy was beaten to a pulp in the neighborhood where he was trying to restore power.

John Applewhite, a 34-year-old lineman for Lakeland Electric, was attacked as he got out of his utility truck outside a restaurant in East Hempstead, N.Y. on Friday, police said.

Applewhite had just finished working a 13-hour shift and was getting dinner with coworkers when another man got out of a black BMW and approached him, he said.

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