Stabbing Victim Grateful For His Burly Frame -- And The Good Samaritan Who Helped Him
(CBS) – The Chicago man who survived a robbery attempt and knife attack on the Washington Street Bridge is grateful to be okay.
He tells his story to CBS 2's Brad Edwards.
Todd Light says he was going home late Sunday. The suspect demanded his walled late Sunday and then just started stabbing him, multiple times in the abdomen.
Light, however, fought back.
"I hit him until he dropped the knife and stopped trying to kill me because I didn't want to get stabbed again," he says.
He held down the perpetrator until police arrived, but credits a passerby for helping him and flagging down additional help.
"I would like to very much to say thank you," Light says.
Mr. Light also learned from a paramedic that his burly frame served him well.
"He said if you were a skinny guy you'd probably have been dead," he says.
The offender was arrested and is in custody.