An NYU student experienced a frightening ordeal on her way to class, as captured in a startling surveillance video.

Amelia Lewis shared her harrowing experience in two videos on her social media account on Monday. She detailed how a man trailed her along Broadway, eventually approaching her from behind and striking her.

“When I turned around, I saw an older white man. As soon as I turned, he grabbed my hair and yanked me, throwing me to the ground,” Lewis recounted.

In the video, a group of bystanders quickly comes to her aid, helping her back to her feet after the attack.

The incident involving NYU student Amelia Lewis has garnered attention, emphasizing the need for heightened safety awareness. (Image: Screenshot from X/Amelia Lewis)

Lewis said the surveillance video was obtained by a friend of hers from a nearby liquor store. She described the assailant as a tall man with long brown hair and a long brown beard, wearing gray sweatpants, a black puffer jacket and a blue towel around his neck.

The college student said she sent the video to NYU security, who said they were forwarding the footage to police.

“I just really want to emphasize how not OK this is. I am a student at NYU. I should not be scared to be walking the street to go to my 9:30 a.m. class. These people are disgusting, and they should not be able to be walking around the street freely targeting girls and doing this. Cause I heard that this guy did this a month ago,” Lewis said in the video.

New York University’s campus buildings are seen in Greenwich Village, New York City, on July 7, 2024. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

“I’m honestly still in shock, but I’m more enraged that things like this are able to happen in this city and we really need to do something about it because this is unacceptable,” she continued. “This just shows that you really need to reflect on who you’re voting for and supporting right now because New York needs help, and we’re just not getting the help we need, and this is crazy.”

The NYPD did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the status of the suspect or the complaint.

The Empire State Building towers above other largely empty office buildings on March 4, 2021, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Lewis warned other women at the university to be careful and aware while walking around the city.

“That was honestly like the scariest experience of my life,” she said. “I never thought this was going to happen to me just cuz I’ve seen the stories, and I was like, oh that’s so scary, but having it actually happen now, it’s like oh my god.”