Salman Rushdie, who is blind in one eye, gave a speech at a writers' gala in New York. The 75-year-old took part in a gala event of the writers' association PEN America.
Rushdie was attacked and seriously injured on August 12 at a conference in Chautauqua, NY. "Without these people, I certainly wouldn't be standing here today," Rushdie said in his speech at the gala. "The attack on books in Florida has never been more dangerous"