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At Times Square rampage trial, victims recount day’s horrors

FILE - Richard Rojas appears in court for the start of his trial in New York, Monday, May 9, 2022. Prosecutors are largely relying on the testimony of victims to make a case against Rojas that could put him behind bars for decades. His lawyers are saying he had a mental breakdown that day and had no capacity to understand what he was doing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) FILE - Richard Rojas, of the Bronx, N.Y., accused of mowing down a crowd of Times Square pedestrians, killing a teenage tourist, is escorted to his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court, in New York, Friday, May 19, 2017. Prosecutors are largely relying on the testimony of victims to make a case against Rojas that could put him behind bars for decades. His lawyers are saying he had a mental breakdown that day and had no capacity to understand what he was doing. (Jefferson Siegel/The Daily News via AP, Pool, File) This selfie photo provided by Jyll Elsman, far right, shows Jyll with her daughters Ava Elsman, far left, and Alyssa Elsman, center, with an unidentified family friend taken on the same day Richard Rojas drove his car three blocks plowing through pedestrians in Times Square on May 18, 2017 in New York. Alyssa was killed and Ava was severely injured in the attack. Prosecutors are largely relying on the testimony of victims like Elsman to make a case against Rojas that could put him behind bars for decades. His lawyers are saying he had a mental breakdown that day and had no capacity to understand what he was doing. (Jyll Elsman via AP) FILE- A smashed car sits on the corner of Broadway and 45th Street in New York's Times Square, May 18, 2017, after the car was driven into a crowd of pedestrians. Prosecutors are largely relying on the testimony of victims to make a case against Rojas that could put him behind bars for decades. His lawyers are saying he had a mental breakdown that day and had no capacity to understand what he was doing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
At Times Square rampage trial, victims recount day’s horrors