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When sharif answered yes, police say enright pulled out a leatherman knife and slashed him on the face, neck and arm. >> he said asam malikem, then began to stab the driver sort of through the partition. >> reporter: sharif pointed to the controversy over a muslim community center planned near ground zero and said in his 25 years in new york, he has never felt so insecure. police say enright was drunk but he was still charged with attempted murder as a hate crime. his attorney now wants him in protective custody. >> there's a healthy population of people of the islamic faith in jail, and they ...

Let you down? >> they abandoned us. >> reporter: and where vera once lay, a shrine now remains. to john lee, vera's memorial is an emblem of lingering grief. a memento of neglect. >> i love you. >> love you too. >> reporter: a close friend of vera smith helped john bury vera that day. then, like so many others, she left new orleans for good, returning to visit this week for the first time since the storm. >> we'll never forget you, miss vera, no matter how many storms, no matter how many years. we'll never forget you, miss vera. we love you. rest in peace. >> amen. >> rest in peace. >> reporte...

I was totally embarrassed, it was hell. >> therapy helped her get through. very revealing there. so clean break hopefully for both now. good morning, i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm vinita nair. a new york college student is charged with a hate crime this morning after a vicious attack on a cab driver. police say 21-year-old michael enright slashed the driver's throat because he was muslim. >> enright's motive is puzzling, since he was a volunteer for a group that promotes interfaith dialogue and peace. here's wabc's jim dolan. >> he starts yelling. this is checkpoint, mother [ muted ]. i have to...

Let you down? >> they abandoned us. >> reporter: and where vera once lay, a shrine now remains. to john lee, vera's memorial is an emblem of lingering grief. a memento of neglect. >> i love you. >> love you too. >> reporter: a close friend of vera smith helped john bury vera that day. then, like so many others, she left new orleans for good, returning to visit this week for the first time since the storm. >> we'll never forget you, miss vera, no matter how many storms, no matter how many years. we'll never forget you, miss vera. we love you. rest in peace. >> amen. >> rest in peace. >> reporte...

John lee said he couldn't just leave her, remembering the nuns who would never have forgiven him for doing nothing. >> please go. >> reporter: he asked us to leave him in peace. >> go away. >> reporter: five years later, we went to find john, and we did, on the same corner. john has chosen to stay, living in new orleans, working in education. he told us while burying the woman, neighbors came and told him stories about miss vera. >> it was just the most inhuman, degrading thing i've -- >> reporter: he learned she was a married mother of two who had a constant smile and a meticulous garden. she...