Woman recalls being nearly beaten to death by Venice canal attacker
A woman recalls the terrifying moment she was nearly beaten to death by an attacker while walking along the canals of Venice, California. On April 6, the victim, Mary Klein, 54, was walking near her home at around 10:30 p.m. when a man suddenly ambushed her from behind. “All of a sudden, I just get knocked out,” Mary told KTLA’s Chris Wolfe as she recovered in a hospital bed. “My teeth got knocked out. My jaw is wired shut. He bashed my face in.” Mary said the brunt force knocked her into an instant daze. She only remembers falling to the ground and being bludgeoned as the suspect repeatedly punched her in the head and face. “I think he was trying to kill me,” she said. “It was like being hit by a truck.” The brutal attack left Mary with severe injuries including fractures to her jaw, broken teeth, a large gash on the back of her head and multiple contusions. Her face and chest are severely bruised and swollen and she faces a long road to recovery ahead. Mary Klein, seen with severe injuries