An American who was allegedly attacked by a six-time deported illegal alien says he does not know how he survived the near-fatal beating.

In an exclusive interview with FOX11, the homeless man, referred to as “Salam,” described the day on which six-time deported illegal alien Ramon Escobar, a 47-year-old from El Salvador, allegedly beat him to near death.

“Once I realized he was trying to kill me, it was like, this is it,” Salam told FOX11 of his thought process once he discovered that Escobar was allegedly trying to murder him.

The alleged attack occurred when Salam was on a California beach on September 22 with other homeless people. Salam says he “got clobbered” by the illegal alien and “could feel” blood dripping down his face after he was allegedly hit the first time.

“I was bending down, and the blood was dripping into my eyes and the blows just kept coming,” Salam said. “Then my adrenaline dropped and i woke up in intensive care.”

“I don’t know how I survived that, blows to the head with bolt cutters, you just can’t imagine the pain it feels like,” Salam said.

Escobar has been hit with murder charges and assault charges, as four men died after the alleged attacks, including 39-year-old Steven Cruze Jr. on the Santa Monica Pier. The illegal alien is now facing the death penalty.

This is the GoFundMe set up by Steven Cruze Jr.'s son. Cruze was allegedly beaten to death by six-time deported illegal alien Ramon Escobar. Two more American children without a father bc of illegal immigration. https://t.co/RyfNCztMUQ — John Binder 👽 (@JxhnBinder) September 26, 2018

“It was a serial killer I was facing, this guy’s a murderer, a crazy one,” Salam told FOX11.

Salam’s family has set up a GoFundMe page to pay for his medical bills.

Escobar fled to the sanctuary state of California — which protects criminal illegal aliens from deportation and arrest — after being questioned last month in Houston, Texas, in regards to the disappearance of a couple of his relatives.

The illegal alien has been deported six times out of the United States between 1997 and 2011, according to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials. In 2017, Escobar was released from federal custody after being granted an appeal that he filed in immigration court a year before.