Irish woman attacked in Yonkers recovering mentally and physically after violent assault

After months of surgery Alisha Jordan from County Meath now has ten metal plates in her head

"2012 was the hardest year of my life and the fact that I have come through it with a good attitude and hopes for the future are what I am excited about. I have learned so so much from my experience,” she said.
“I know now how precious life can be. I have also learned if you have the family and friends around you like I did, then whatever life throws at you, it is so much easier to handle with them there. I will be forever grateful to the girls who drove me to the hospital every day or made me lunch and brought it into the hospital when I was staying there. I will never take stuff that simple for granted again.
“My hopes now for 2013 are to enjoy it. I have every intention of living life to the fullest from now on and 2013 is just the start of that."

Alisha's attitude is to be admired, being a girl to look at who displays such bravery and courage. Although she went through a terrifying ordeal on the streets just minutes away from her home, she still maintains that Woodlawn is a safe neighborhood but issues her precautions.

"Woodlawn to me is very safe during the day, but the more and more crimes committed at night anywhere, let alone in my own community, makes me more wary about going out at night. I would never ever walk home alone at night ever again. It is literally a split second decision that everybody makes at night but just call a cab, it’s only a few extra dollars to get where you are going."

Alisha's perpetrator has not yet been caught but she is confident he will be soon and justice will be done. DNA was taken from the t-shirt her friend managed to grab on the night of the attack and it has come back in the last few weeks. The police know who the man in question is but are still trying to locate him, as he is believed to be homeless.

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