the lieutenant russo eling was a 911 first responder at the trade center. she was just months away from retirement. fox news david lee miller has more. david. >> liz, 61-year-old fdny and 911 reigns leading responder was a 24 year veteran and set to retire and a world trade center first responder and lost her life in a barbaric and completely unprovoked attack and the suspect was arrested and charged with murder. the stabbing was caught on surveillance camera video we are not going to show. on it, lieutenant russo eling seen on a quiet street corner getting lunch not far from her station house and was talking to man out of frame and a man holding a knife approaches and lieutenant falls backwards and stabbed more than 20 times in a matter of seconds. the man knife in hand casually walks away and starts to run and cops say a good samaritan helped in his capture. >> there were two eyewitnesses who knew the perpetrator. one of whom gave chase. members of the hostage negotiating team and emergency service unit were able to talk this person out of the apartment.

lieutenant all son russo eling. six months from retirement. attacked near her station house.hat a tragedy. 61-year-old ems lieutenant was not only a veteran of the department but a world trade center first responder. she lost her life in what the acting fire commissioner has called a barbaric and unprovoked attack. police have arrested a suspect and charged him with murder. it was caught on surveillance camera video that we won't show. on that recording she is seen on a street out to get lunch yesterday afternoon appears to talk to a man out of frame. as she walks away the man approaches holding a knife. she false backwards and stabbed more than 20 times in a matter of seconds. the man walks away. suddenly starts to run. cops say a good samaritan helped in his capture. >> two eyewitnesses who knew the perpetrator. members of the hostage negotiating team and emergency service unit were able to talk this person out of the apartment. >> a woman called the attacker a loner and weird. a history of mental illness. lieutenant russo saved many lives. her death outraged the city she s