The man, who was stabbed seven or eight times, was able to flag down a passerby, who then called 911, the report said. He was taken to Atlanta Medical Center, where he was described as stable. In his Reddit post, the man said he has a collapsed lung but will make a “full recovery.”

“I never thought something like this would happen to me ... even though I knew it happens to other people ... Atlanta is an awesome place to live, and if I could, I would live right across the street from Piedmont Park, despite what happened to me, because I obviously don't think this incident defines life in Atlanta,” the victim’s post said.

Police said in a news conference Monday afternoon they believe this incident is linked to a similar robbery nine days earlier.

In that attack on Peachtree Street near 4th Street, a man, who was visiting the city from California, was stabbed eight times and robbed, also by a woman and two men. Before the stabbing, he was having dinner at City Tap Restaurant with his supervisor when he went outside to smoke a cigarette about 10 p.m., according to the incident report.

That victim is now out of the hospital, Channel 2 Action News reported.

“We really don’t want this robbery to escalate into a murder situation,” APD Maj. Michael O’Connor told reporters. “... We really need to put an end to this before they kill somebody.”