Through My Eyes: Surviving Sexual Assault

by Airman Daniel B. Blackwell
20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
4/19/2012 – SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (AFNS) — “That night, my whole world turned upside down,” said Airman Samantha Smith, a sexual assault survivor in the Air Force.
On the night Smith was recalling, she became a victim of sexual assault and took her first of many [...]

Woman Fends Off Attacker With Stilettos

DELHI, Ohio – An Ohio woman’s stiletto was the weapon of choice when she came face to face with an intruder.
The woman, who asks to remain anonymous, says an intruder came into her house in Delhi just after she’d fallen asleep.
“At that point the light is turned on and I’m like get the hell out [...]

Mom Fights Off Man Attempting To Drag Her Daughter Into His Car

KENILWORTH, NJ — A kidnapping attempt at a local hotel was foiled, police said.
An April 1 press release from Kenilworth Police Chief Kenneth Grady offers the following account of the March 28 incident.
At 1:15 a.m., the Kenilworth Police were called by 911 to respond to a local hotel to investigate a kidnapping attempt.
Patrolman Robert [...]

9 Year Old Girl Fights Off Attacker

Calgary police are appealing for the public’s help to locate a suspect and his car after a nine-year-old girl walking alongside a southwest street in broad daylight fought off an attempted abduction Tuesday.
Two girls aged nine and 10 were walking in the 3400 block of 28th Avenue S.W. about 6 p.m. when a four-door car [...]

Dog Stops Man From Raping Its Owner

Madison WI – A golden retriever was definitely its owner’s best friend early Tuesday morning when it scared off a man who was sexually assaulting its owner, Madison police reported.
The attack was reported at 12:57 a.m. Tuesday at Sycamore Park, 4517 Sycamore Ave., on the east side.
The 36-year-old Madison woman had taken her pet to [...]

Woman Fights Off Knife-Wielding Attacker Defending Grandchild

CONYERS, Ga. — As she left the Conyers Hobby Lobby and tucked her 11-month-old grandchild into the backseat, Beverly Carter put her key in the ignition as she’d done thousands of times before.
Just then, a man jumped into her passenger seat and put a butcher knife to her throat.
He told her to start [...]

Woman Pulled From Car Fights Off Attempted Rape

HUNTERSVILLE, NC – — Police have released a sketch of a man they say dragged a woman from her car along a busy Huntersville street Tuesday evening and tried to sexually assault her.
Around 7 p.m., the woman was driving her car along Reese Boulevard when she came to a stop sign. As she was stopped, [...]

Woman Thought Of Her Son While Fighting Off Convicted Rapist

TACOMA —
A woman who fought off a man who ran her over with a truck and then tried to abduct her told KIRO 7 on Thursday how she punched the man to get away.
Hong Huang, 23, won’t be able to walk for weeks. She was walking home from her overnight job at a McDonald’s in [...]

UC Student Fights Off Attempted Rapist

Attack Happens In Broad Daylight
CINCINNATI, OH — Police are investigating an attempted rape of a University of Cincinnati student.
UC said that the victim was in the 600 block of Riddle Road at about 2 p.m. Monday.
The woman said she was wearing her headphones as she walked home from class Monday about 2 p.m. on Riddle [...]

Woman Fights Off Attacker In Her Bedroom

DAVIE, Fla. -
Police in Davie are searching for a man who broke into an apartment overnight Monday and tried to sexually assault a woman.
Detectives were called to the complex in the 2900 block of South University drive at 5:45 a.m. Tuesday.
The woman was asleep in her bed when she awoke to the strange sight of [...]

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