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Nurse sitting on floor

Trauma-room nurse speaks: life flight required after 2-year-old boy severely mauled by family pit bull

Name: RRT
Victim: Child
Location: Home, North Carolina
Year of attack: 2022

Tell us about the attack

I work in the emergency room of a rural hospital and witnessed the aftermath of a mauling caused by a pit bull. The victim was a 2-year-old little boy who had the majority of his cheek ripped off and his left ear partially severed. The victim had to be airlifted out of our hospital due to the extensive nature of his injuries and the doctor’s suspicion that a facial nerve had been severed due to left-sided facial drooping. Truly a horrific thing to witness. The pit bull belonged to the boyfriend of the boy’s mother.

How has your life changed as a result of the attack?
I see trauma cases but seeing the cheek tissue of a little boy hanging off his face was very hard to witness.

Legal Consequences
Unknown

What would you like people to know as a result of your attack?
Pit bulls should not be allowed around small children

Country highway

Exercise walk along country road turns deadly thanks to pit bulls

Name: ADG
Victim: Adult
Location: I was out for a walk, North Carolina
Year of attack: 2021

Tell us about the attack

I was walking along the shoulder of a highway. As I approached a house, two pit mixes from that property came out charging at me.

I tried to remain calm. I kept walking. I could feel the breath from their barks.

Then out the corner of my eye I saw three more pit mixes charge at me. The white one didn’t hesitate: it bit my right thigh. I tried to keep moving but the other four instantly started biting me as well.

They began dragging me into the woods, which was easy for them, as I only weigh 105 pounds [47 kg]. I knew if they got me all the way into the woods I’d be dead. So with all I had, I ran a few feet back out of the woods so I could at least be seen. For five excruciating minutes I was bitten and mauled by these pits. I screamed and screamed for help, begging anyone to help me.

A 71-year-old women saved my life. I was air-lifted to Chapel Hill, where I got 78 stitches, 13 staples to the head and a ear sown back on.

How has your life changed as a result of the attack?
I am a survivor, but my body is covered in scars. I cannot wear shorts without being embarrassed the whole time. In my right arm the tendon was so torn that I now have POPEYE syndrome in it. I have permanent nerve and tissue damage to my right arm and thigh. I can’t use them like I used to be able to, so I can’t work.

I am in constant pain.

The worst is the mental part. I loved dogs before this, but now a puppy barking sends me into panic attacks. I’ll never be the same again physically or mentally. I can’t sleep. I have nightmares. I don’t like leaving my home most days.

Legal Consequences
The pits were seized and put down. Well four of the five anyway: they tried to tell me there was only four. The owner received a ordinance violation for not having the pit bulls properly enclosed.

What would you like people to know as a result of your attack?
Pits should all be put down or kept under lock and key. If there are pits in your area, and you go out walking, take mace or a blunt object to defend yourself. Be mindful of your surroundings at all times.

Homes in trailer park

Vicious attack by “support pit bulls” leads to life flights for victims

Name: Omi
Victim: Adult
Location: Mobile home park, California
Year of attack: 2022

Tell us about the attack

Two pit bulls got out of their home and attacked a woman walking in the park. My husband heard her screams and ran out to help her. The pit bulls turned on him as well. Both the woman and my husband had to be airlifted to a trauma center.

How has your life changed as a result of the attack?
My husband now needs care to shower, go to the bathroom, change bandages. He can’t hold anything heavier than a coffee cup. The woman needed surgery to repair muscle tissue in her body. I can’t stand to look outside because the attack happened right outside our door.

Legal Consequences
The pit bulls were surrendered and put down.

What would you like people to know as a result of your attack?
The pit bulls were said to be support dogs for the grandson of the homeowner. Obviously the information was falsified.