A Texas woman in town to view the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade described her harrowing encounter in Manhattan with the homeless man accused in the unprovoked attack on an NYU student in an interview with the Daily News.

Jana Dianne Brazell was with her sister-in-law on Fifth Ave. near E. 47th St. in Midtown when James Rizzo, 45, attacked her around 8:40 p.m. on Thanksgiving evening, cops said.

Rizzo struck Brazell with his elbow, causing her to slam into a wall, said police.

A Houston resident, Brazell told the The News she was in town visiting family and to watch the world-famous Thanksgiving parade when Rizzo set his sights on her.

“We were walking along the street when out of nowhere he just jumped in my face,” she said. “He was shouting, ‘Our whole society is just a f—ing joke!

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