A Moment of Stray Voltage, and a Life Upended

Published: August 8, 2007, 3:15 am

Philip Vanaria suffered a brain injury when he was shocked by stray voltage as he talked on this pay phone in the West Village a decade ago.By JIM DWYER Published: August 8, 2007 It was one of the muggiest days of the summer a decade ago. Philip Vanaria had gone for a walk in Greenwich Village, where he had lived most of his adult life. A friend wanted ideas for his birthday, which was coming up. At the corner of Hudson and Morton Streets, he called her from a pay phone. Hello, she said.Something jolted Mr. Vanaria's elbow. Then it shot into his arm. Waves of pain ran along his arm. He nested the phone on his left shoulder, cranked his ear down. I said, I think I'm having a heart attack,' he recalled this week.He was just about to turn 47, the hour of life when the body becomes a permanent suspect in acts of treachery. To calm himself, Mr. Vanaria reached for one of the posts next to the phone, and gripped it. He screamed. Someone was shooting him

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