Heroic tourist brutally stabbed while protecting two women in Germany is a model from Upstate NY
By Anthony Blair
The heroic American tourist who was stabbed while protecting two women being violently assaulted on a tram in Germany has been identified as a part-time model from Upstate New York who was left with gruesome facial injuries.
John Rudat, 21, was hospitalized with gruesome knife wounds to his face after stepping in when he saw two women being attacked in the eastern German city of Dresden early Sunday, according to an online fundraiser.
The part-time model — who is also a newly qualified paramedic in Colonie, NY — was traveling in Germany when “he saw two women being violently assaulted,” according to the fundraiser set up by his brother’s girlfriend.
Man with bloody nose and facial injuries.
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American good Samaritan was brutally injured after stepping in to help two passengers on a tram in Germany.
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Photo of John (left) and another man.
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The good Samaritan, known as John (left), was injured after helping two women on a tram in Germany.
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“John sustained critical injuries from his attempts to protect these females, including a deep facial wound from a 6-inch blade, requiring immediate and extensive surgery in Germany,” the fundraiser said.
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Photo of John Rudat.
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John Rudat is a part-time model from Upstate New York.
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Blood and discarded items on the floor of a tram.
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A picture of blood and debris after a good Samaritan confronted a Syrian national on a tram in Germany.
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One of the suspects, a 21-year-old Syrian national, was arrested on suspicion of beating up Rudat before his partner came back and stabbed the EMT.
Police officers detaining a person on the ground near a bicycle.
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German police are seen at the scene of an attack on August 24, 2025.
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Injured man in hospital bed giving thumbs up.
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John Rudat was injured after being attacked while helping two women on a tram in Germany.
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He was later released by prosecutors in Germany because there was no evidence he carried out the stabbing, German outlet Bild reported on Sunday.
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