The Holocaust survivor who was burned during an attack by a suspected terrorist armed with a "makeshift flamethrower" had a message Tuesday for America: "We are better than this."

In a brief interview with NBC News, Steinmetz, 88, said the attack “has nothing to do with the Holocaust, it has to do with a human being that wants to burn other people.” “It’s about what the hell is going on in our country,” she said. “What the hell is going on?”