Straphanger slugged by irate seatmate, wrestles attacker to ground: Turned into a little b***h

A straphanger was slugged in the face by an irate seatmate on a Manhattan-bound subway — but he managed to wrestle the “little b**ch” to the ground until cops could intervene.Alexander Rakitin, 42, was riding the N Train to his Manhattan finance job Monday morning when he sat down next to 34-year-old Timothy Barbee.As the train took off, the car jolted causing Rakitin’s knee to jostle Barbee’s — which set the alleged assailant off.“Apparently my knee touched his knee.That triggered him,” Rakitin told The Post.

“He was just very aggressive.I’m like, saying, ‘Dude, just chill, it’s like 8:30 in the morning.

Like, who needs this s**t.Just chill.'”Footage taken by another straphanger captured the two staring each other down, before Barbee yelled “It’s f**king done, stop staring at me” — and proceeded to tell the protesting Rakitin “make me chill” and “shut the f**k up.”Their verbal exchange quieted for a moment while they continued to stare each other down, before Barbee said “I ain’t got time to go to jail today.”Then he smacked Rakitin across the face — sending his glasses flying — before the camera cut out.“I was able to wrestle him to the ground after that, and just kind of hold him,” Rakitin said.

“And the craziest part was that — and this is literally upsetting, like I’m actually emotional about it — people on the train were trying to help him.Like, that was the most insane thing.“It was also remarkable — he went from acting like such a thug.

And then he turned into a little b***h right away.He’s like, ‘I can’t breathe.

Please, let me go.Please, let me go.

I can’t breathe.Somebody give me some water.

I can’t breathe.’ And people started giving him water.That was so insane.”“People started helping [Barbee],” Rakitin added.

“And they were like, ‘Dude, just let him go.Let him go.’ I’m like, ‘Are you crazy?’ Like, if I let him go, he’s just gonna get up and hit...