Tayquon Young, 34, is recovering at Bellevue Hospital after having four fingers chopped off. Police say at the time of the attack the victim and the suspect each had a dog with them. Their meeting was captured on video from a deli sidewalk security camera on Southern Boulevard in the West Farms section of the borough.

A sweet and friendly pit bull named Chanel was missing her owner on Monday night. Rakeem Young is in the hospital after having three fingers surgically re-attached.

Only three of his four severed fingers were found, and reattached to his hand over the course of 13 hours of care in hospital.