Plastic Surgeon Offers Help To DePaul Nursing Student Attacked On Blue Line
CHICAGO (CBS) --A DePaul student who was brutally beaten by two people on a CTA Blue Line train and left with a broken nose and a black eye is getting some help.
CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports a Chicago plastic surgeon saw her story and knew he could do something.
From tears of deep sadness after a vicious attack last week to smiles of joy today as 19-year-old Jessica Hughes met with Chicago plastic surgeon Dr. Julius Few.
"He's willing to like go out of hand and meet me and do all this for me," she said.
"I saw the story and saw how terrible it really was and I felt I had to do something," said Dr. Few.
Hughes, a DePaul nursing student, was brutally beaten by two people on a CTA Blue Line train. The pair wanted her iPhone. In the process, a woman punched the teen, fracturing her nose.
After an exam, Few put a splint on Hughes' nose, to stabilize the bones and septum.
"I feel honestly blessed that there are people that never even met me," Hughes said. "They're giving and it's just amazing. Never saw it coming."
Dr. Few said knowing she was studying nursing was one of the reasons he reached out to her.
"The idea that her goal may change because she feels humanity is not all that it's meant to be, I just felt that was kind of a calling to reach out to her and remind her," Dr. Few said. "There's a reason you want to go into the health care profession, it is to help people."
Dr. Few says Hughes will most likely be ready for surgery on her deviated septum in about three months, once the bones in her nose heal. Hughes says she can't wait to move forward and get back to life as she knew it, a nursing student.
Meantime, police say the investigation into finding the two people responsible for the attack continues.