It's usually fun when old people get to a certain age and they just don't give a damn anymore, but one of the elderly men in this story just sounds like an all-ages asshole. Gersh Gofman, 83, was arrested Monday afternoon after beating up 99-year-old Steve Pulwers, who ended up with a broken nose and broken ribs thanks to Gofman. Pulwers lives above a doctor's office in Borough Park, and when he saw that Gofman's car was blocking the driveway, Pulwers knocked on Gofman's window to get him out of the way. Because these are the small but noble tasks that fill your day when you're old—unless you're old like Gorfman and you go around beating up even older people!
"The doctor honked the horn, one, two, three, four times," Pulwers, a retired Manischewitz wine-factory employee, told The Post. "I say, 'Gentleman, the doctor wants to go into the garage.' He did not answer. He then got out and takes a metal tool and hits me. He knocked me to the ground. I hit him in the leg with my coat like a little fly. He's much younger than me, much stronger. He could be my son. Maybe he's crazy or maybe not normal, because a normal person doesn't try to fight an old man who is close to 100 years old. I'm lucky I'm still alive. I thought he was going to kill me."
Oh, and Gorfman also threatened to cut his balls off (which probably isn't such a heavy threat when you get to be that age). Thankfully, the doctor called 911, and the cops came and arrested Gorfman. He's charged with assault, menacing and harassment, but his lawyer insists, "He's an old man who got caught up in a situation. We're not talking about two street thugs battling over territory. It's an unfortunate incident."
Also unfortunate is the lack of video documenting the fight. Instead, here's a short video of an unrelated classic old man fight. [SPOILER: It ends, like so many of these altercations, when one of the combatants falls down trying to throw a punch]:
