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Munt_Cuffins on June 15th, 2024 at 17:13 UTC »

so what had happened was...

The memory of what exactly happened is kind of spotty, but a short time ago I was sitting on a bench outside of a jewelry shop in the downtown area of a Philadelphia waiting for my brother to park his car to meet me before we went in. A random guy walked up and was just standing near the bench not really doing much but talking on his phone. I didn't think anything of it. The next thing I remember is getting up from the sidewalk holding my ear. I looked down and blood was flowing down my hand and my arm to the ground. At that point I realized that I got hit. Everything was blurry, thoughts were fuzzy and I just remember asking "what happened?" My brother finally showed up and he was frantic. I went unconscious again to wake up next in the ICU. The attacker stole my wallet and neckace, I was left laying in the street.

I was hit in the side of the head with brass knuckles hard enough to have an epidural hematoma, temporal bone fracture from blunt force trauma to the head. The blood wasn't flowing from an abrasion, but it was just coming from my ear which was very odd on top of an already odd situation. Doctors said that if it took much longer to get to the hospital the hematoma would have caused permanent damage to the brain, but luckily it didn't. I recovered 100% apart from permanently losing hearing in my left ear. They caught the guy and everything was caught on surveillance video.

This image is from a recent follow up. Today everything is alright. I got lucky as hell. It's crazy how quickly things can change.

EDIT: I had no idea how much traction a pic of my broke noggin would gain. Thank you for all the support and offers for retribution lol. Once I get settled, I'll respond to as many of the questions I can. As for those who have had a similar experience, I'm sorry you had to. And if anyone needs to talk to someone that's overcome the physical and mental pain from it, my inbox is open.

NJduToit on June 15th, 2024 at 18:07 UTC »

Hope you recover.

knuckle_cracker on June 15th, 2024 at 18:37 UTC »

Wow - glad you're okay, OP.

Out of sheer curiosity (don't feel the need to answer) - how does this work with financial compensation? Did you sue? Did you have to, in order to receive any money? I always wonder about stuff like that in these situations.