NEW YORK -- Shirleen Lucas speaks softly from her Schenectady home. She's not shy about her scars, she's not afraid to show them. She's happy to share her progress, and proud of how far she has come after being viciously attacked four months ago.
"It's nice to get this far, I didn't think I was going to ever see this day," said Lucas.
Late August of last year, three pit bulls attacked Lucas while she was walking home on Hulett street. They bit her arms and legs, and pieces of her ears off. She was in the hospital for four days, and visiting nurses came for weeks after she was released.
While the physical wounds are healing, the nightmare of the attack still keeps her up at night. And, she's still afraid to go outside.
"It if hear a dog I panic, I stop I freeze dead in my tracks and I look to make sure where it's coming from, and is it a pit bull and I haven't gotten over that yet."
(WNYT - Jan 3, 2012)
