NYC home painter glad to be alive after maniac shoved him onto subway tracks, leaving him bathed in blood

A hard-working home painter said he’s glad to be alive after a maniac randomly shoved him onto Queens subway tracks — leaving him “bathed” in blood.Orlando Cabrera, 64, told The Post that he was waiting for a southbound F train at Parsons Boulevard to head to work around 5:40 a.m.Sunday when the nutjob launched the unprovoked attack.The station was empty as Cabrera sat down on a bench, waiting for his train that was still eight minutes away.“It was only a few minutes later that I felt a big push on my back,” Cabrera said in a Spanish-language interview.

“This big guy had snuck up behind me and took me by surprise.There was no chance to react or defend myself.

He shoved me and sent me flying forward and I fell onto the train tracks.” The menace muttered “Get out!” before pushing the innocent commuter, but said nothing else, according to the victim’s daughter, 27, who spoke to The Post by phone. “It was really strong that he ended [up] all the way on the track,” the woman said.“He landed straight head-first.“I assume that he looked up,” she added.

“He just saw somebody like running, wearing something red.”Good Samaritans then helped hoist the victim back onto the platform, police said. The victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was treated and released for multiple cuts and bruises.“I got cuts on my arms, hit my head, my face got all messed up,” he said.“I was bathed in my own blood after what happened.

Thank God two officers were on the train to help me and get the ambulance.”The banged-up straphanger said the attack left him a “nervous wreck.” “Today it happened to me, but who knows who’s next with this guy going around?” Cabrera said.“If he could send me flying, imagine what he could do to a woman or child.“I can’t imagine going after someone without a reason, without a motive,” he added.

“He basically tried to kill me.”Cabrera said he has no choice but to get back on ...