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WEBVTT ATTACKERS COWARDS FOR WHAT THEYDID.>> I FEEL LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE.KAREN: THIS WOMAN, WHO DID NOTWANT TO GIVE HER NAME, SAYS SHEWAS ATTACKED HALLOWEEN NIGHT INFEDERAL HILL.SHE WAS WALKING TO BARFLY'SRESTAURANT TO MEET FRIENDS WHENABOUT 10 TEENAGERS CAME OUT OFAN ALLEY.>> I HAD A RED DOWN-LIKE VEST ONSO THEY GRABBED THE BACK OF MYVEST AND THEN HELD ME AND THENOUT IN FRONT OF THEM CAME SIXYOUNG WOMEN WITH WOOD PIECESTHAT WERE LIKE MAYBE AN INCHTHICK BY THREE INCHES AND ABOUTTHREE FEET LONG.THEY STARTED HITTING ME WITH THEWOOD, IN THE KNEES, A LOT IN MYFACE.KAREN: SHE SUFFERED A BROKEN EYESOCKET, BROKEN NOSE ANDLACERATIONS ON BOTH OF HERKNEES.HER BOYFRIEND JEFF SAYSSOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUTWHAT HE DESCRIBES AS A GROWINGTREND.>> I WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD TAKERESPONSIBILITY FOR KNOWING WHERETHEIR CHILDREN ARE AND WHATTHEY'RE DOING BECAUSE IT'SPRETTY UNFORTUNATE TO SEE KIDSOF THIS AGE COMMITTING THESEKIND OF CRIMES.KAREN: CRIMES THAT SENT THISWOMAN TO THE HOSPITAL.>> A COUPLE OF BLOWS TOO HARD I, REALIZED I COULDN'T STAND UPANYMORE SO I WENT TO THE GROUNDON MY KNEES.BY THE TIME I WAS ON THE GROUNDI WAS SCREAMING AND BEGGING FORTHEM TO STOP.KAREN: A STRANGER DID COME TOHER RESCUE AND SCARED THE TEENSAWAY.>> HE KEPT APOLOGIZING THAT HEWAS LATE BUT HE CAME RIGHT ONTIME AND I'M COMPLETELY THANKFULFOR THAT.KAREN: AND THANKFUL TO BE ALIVE.THE VICTIM SAYS THE TEENS TOOKHER CELLPHONE.SHE STILL QUESTIONS WHY THEYWANTED TO ATTACK HER FOR NOAPPARENT REASON.

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A woman said she was beaten with wooden boards and sticks while walking down the street in a Federal Hill neighborhood. Baltimore police said eight people were assaulted and/or robbed in several incidents Halloween night in South Baltimore.The woman called her teenage attackers cowards for what they did, badly injuring her face and her knees."I feel lucky to be alive. It could have been a lot worse," the victim said.The woman, who did not want to give her name, said she was attacked Halloween night in Federal Hill. She was walking to Barfly's restaurant to meet friends when about 10 teenagers came out of an alley."I had a red down-like vest on, so they grabbed the back of my vest and then held me, and then out in front of them came six young women with wood pieces that were like maybe an inch thick and about three feet long," she said.She was surrounded."They started hitting me with the wood, in the knees, a lot in my face," she said.She suffered a broken eye socket, broken nose and lacerations on both of her knees.Her boyfriend, Jeff Brown, said something needs to be done about what he describes as a growing trend."I wish more people would take responsibility for knowing where their children are and what they're doing because it's pretty unfortunate to see kids at this age committing these types of crimes," Brown said.They are crimes that sent the victim to the hospital."A couple of blows too hard I realized I couldn't stand up anymore, so I went to the ground on my knees," she said. "By the time I was on the ground, I was screaming and begging for them to stop."A stranger did come to her rescue and scared the teens away."He kept apologizing that he was late, but he came right on time and I'm completely thankful for that," she said.She said she's thankful to be alive.The victim said the teens took her cellphone. She also said she is glad she fought back, but doesn't understand why they would want to harm her.Anyone with information should call police.