'Love is the most powerful thing': Woman in New York anti-Asian attack says she prayed for attacker Toggle share menu Advertisement 'Love is the most powerful thing': Woman in New York anti-Asian attack says she prayed for attacker Advertisement World 'Love is the most powerful thing': Woman in New York anti-Asian attack says she prayed for attacker A screengrab from closed-circuit television footage of the attack on Vilma Kari on Mar 29, 2021. (Screengrab: Twitter/NYPD Crime Stoppers) 21 May 2021 09:34AM (Updated: 21 May 2021 10:39AM) Share this content Bookmark NEW YORK: A Filipina American woman whose beating outside a Manhattan building spurred outrage over violence aimed at Asian Americans said in an interview that she prayed for the man who attacked her.