Heroic American tourist brutally stabbed while protecting two women in Germany is a model from Upstate NY

The heroic American tourist who was stabbed while protecting two women being violently assaulted on a tram in Germany has been identified as a part-time model from Upstate New York who was left with gruesome facial injuries.

John Rudat, 21, was hospitalized with gruesome knife wounds to his face after stepping in when he saw two women being attacked in the eastern German city of Dresden early Sunday, according to an online fundraiser.

The part-time model — who is also a newly qualified paramedic in Colonie, NY — was traveling in Germany when “he saw two women being violently assaulted,” according to the fundraiser set up by his brother’s girlfriend.

“John sustained critical injuries from his attempts to protect these females, including a deep facial wound from a 6-inch blade, requiring immediate and extensive surgery in Germany,” the fundraiser said.

One of the suspects, a 21-year-old Syrian national, was arrested on suspicion of beating up Rudat before his partner came back and stabbed the EMT.

He was later released by prosecutors in Germany because there was no evidence he carried out the stabbing, German outlet Bild reported on Sunday.