This Bronx Man Lost Four Fingers Protecting His Puppy From Who?!
A Bronx man is recovering in the hospital after he went out of his way to protect his beloved pup. Rakeem Young was out walking his four-year-old pit bull Chanel when the two were approached by a man with a machete. Young says he raised his hand to try to grab the weapon from the man when it sliced off four of his fingers.
Bronx man whose fingers were chopped off protecting dog in machete attack reunites with pooch
The emotional reunion took place in Rakeem Tayquon Young’s room at Bellevue Hospital, where he is recovering from a 13-hour surgery to reattach the fingers that were sliced off his left hand.
Bronx Man's Fingers Sliced Off After Protecting His Pit Bull from Man Wielding Machete
Rakeem Young, 34, was walking his dog, Chanel, in the Bronx on Friday, Jan. 24, when a man wielding a machete attacked him and his dog, and then sliced off four of Young's fingers.
New York Man Loses Four Fingers Protecting Dog From Machete-Wielding Attacker
Image via YouTube A New York man is in the hospital after protecting his dog from a machete-wielding attacker. He lost four fingers in the process after being attacked by the man, according to New York Daily News.
Bronx man was protecting dog when he lost fingers to machete-wielding stranger: ‘I would do it again’
The dude just swung the knife at me for no apparent reason,” victim Rakeem Tayquon Young said from his hospital bed Sunday.
Man speaks out after getting his fingers chopped off in machete attack while trying to protect dog
A sweet and friendly pit bull named Chanel was missing her owner on Monday night. Rakeem Young is in the hospital after having three fingers surgically re-attached.
Man loses his fingers while attempting to protect dog in machete attack
Rakeem Young, 34, has been hospitalized after a machete-wielding attacker severed four of his fingers while he was walking his pit bull near Southern Blvd. and E. 178th St. in East Tremont, Bronx.
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