At around eight o’clock on the night of April 19, 1989, a 28-year-old investment banker went for a run on her usual path in New York City’s Central Park. During the course of her run she was knocked down, and violently assaulted. She was raped multiple times and viciously beaten. About 1:30 am, four hours later, she was found near the north side of the park in a wooded area lying in a shallow ravine. She was unconscious and naked, and had been bound, was bleeding and in shock. Once she was in the care of Metropolitan Hospital she remained in a coma for 12 days. She suffered from severe hypothermia, severe brain damage, hemorrhagic shock, and loss of 75–80 per cent of her blood from five deep stab wounds and a gash on one of her thighs, and internal bleeding. Her skull had been fractured so badly that her left eye was removed. Her eye socket had been fractured in 21 places, and she had other facial fractures as well. …show more content…
Once she woke from the coma, it was found that she had no memory of the attack. She was also unable to talk, read or walk. She eventually recovered, with a few remaining problems relating to her balance and loss of vision. As a result of the severe brain trauma, she still has no memory her attack or of the events up to an hour beforehand, nor does she recall much of her time in the