On a Monday evening in Times Square, a young mother named Erin Piacenti stepped back into the world after five months of new life at home — only to have that world taken from her in an instant of random violence. She was 32, a vice president at Bank of America, and it was her first day back from maternity leave. The attack, carried out by a woman wielding two large knives, reminds us how fragile the ordinary rhythms of life can be, and how grief can arrive without warning in the most crowded of places.
Bank of America VP killed in Times Square stabbing on first day back from maternity leave
Erin Piacenti, 32, was fatally stabbed, leaving behind a 5-month-old daughter; a 68-year-old man was also stabbed but expected to survive.