Two boys have been charged with assault for allegedly throwing a shopping cart off a fourth floor East Harlem walkway on Halloween eve, critically injuring a Manhattan philanthropist who was bringing candy for neighborhood kids.

Marion Salmon Hedges, 47, remains unconscious and sedated at an intensive care unit at a Harlem hospital, The New York Times reports.

Her husband, Michael, tells the the Daily News that his wife is "going to be, in the best of all cases, in rehabilitation for months."

NBC New York says that the real estate agent from the Upper West Side is known for her charity work with a special interest in the youth programs, NBC reports.

The incident occurred on Sunday when two boys hurled the cart over the railing of a walkway four stories up in an East Harlem mall. The News says the boys later told police they did not know that Hedges was below.

Hedges' 13-year-old son was with her but was not injured, the New York Post reports.

The newspaper says the pair were turned in by a 14-year-old pal who had tried to stop them. They were turned over to the Administration for Children's Services after a Family Court hearing where they were each charged with assault in the first degree.

One of them, identified only as J. R., because he is a minor, was described by a former babysitter as "the baddest boy in the building," the News reports.