“It’s heartbreaking for us to know that it’s not safe for our 82-year-old father to be out by himself,” the victim’s daughter said after the attack
An 82-year-old man has been hospitalized with “serious injuries” after authorities say he was attacked by a group of ATV and dirt bike riders in Boston.
The daughter of the unidentified victim told ABC affiliate WCVB that she was still devastated over the brutal gang attack on her elderly father last Thursday evening.
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“He wasn’t doing anything wrong,” she told the outlet. “He’s simply traveling somewhere and then he gets attacked, and it’s heartbreaking for us to know that it’s not safe for our 82-year-old father to be out by himself.”
“[We’re] discouraged at humanity, in general, to know that someone — or more than someone — can get together and beat on a defenseless elderly man,” she added.
“He was going to pick up a turkey. That’s all he was doing,” his daughter told WCVB. “A simple errand at 7:30 at night. You wouldn’t think that it would be a dangerous time for someone to be out.”
As the man approached the Bowker Overpass, authorities said about “30 to 40 off-road motorcycles and ATVs” surrounded him.
The group forced him onto the curb of the right-hand side of the road before “several of them began smashing the windows of the victim’s car,” the release stated.
The man was able to drive away and headed in the direction of a police station to get help, but the group followed him and began “kicking and striking the victim’s vehicle again,” according to the release.
He continued driving until he became stuck in traffic near the DoubleTree hotel in Allston, where the man put his window down and attempted to ask people in another car to call 911.
“While the victim’s car window was down, one of the riders, a male, approached him on foot and began punching the victim through the open window,” state police said. “At the same time, other riders continued to kick the victim’s car. One of the suspects threw a piece of pipe through the car’s rear window; another threw a large rock through one of the car windows.”
Once traffic began to flow again, the man started driving and continued on until he reached Joe’s Kwik Market, where authorities said he got out of his vehicle and fell to the ground.
Boston EMS was then called to the scene and transported the man to St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, where he remains with “serious injuries” but “is expected to survive,” the release stated.
“He’s still beat up and swollen. He’s still in a lot of pain, but he’s getting stronger and getting better every day,” his daughter told NBC Boston. “That’s the hardest thing for us to wrap our heads around, that there’s people out there that are violent, angry, careless.”
“We do look at this as an attempted murder,” she added to WCVB. “This wasn’t just some sort of assault. He could have really died.”
The man’s daughter also noted to the outlet that he had a heart valve replaced recently, and he put his arm up to protect his heart during the attack.
“The only thing he could do was protect his heart. That’s why he’s got such a large bruise on his arm,” she explained to WCVB. “He’s definitely sad and discouraged. He described it as a nightmare and I think that’s exactly what it was for him.”
At this time, it is unclear why the man was attacked or what the group’s intentions were.
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Original Article: https://people.com/crime/82-year-old-boston-man-attacked-by-atv-dirt-bike-riders-picking-up-thanksgiving-turkey/
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I am 82 my self. Someone tried to run me off the highway 3 times. I guess I now need to carry a weapon but. If I use one I will goto jail. How screwed up is this country getting now?.
This is horrible what this country is coming to. This what happens when you have some idiots that want to DEFUND THE POLICE and a so called President that doesn’t care about the people that he is suppose to protect.
woke democrats are just getting started….
and the children and grandchildren of baby boomers are working hard to screw up this country beyond recognition….
They probably didn’t like the way he was driving. Some people have no regard or respect for Senior Citizens. One day they will be old and will know how it feels to be so vulnerable.
I still don’t understand he was stuck in traffic and ni one helped him. That is piss poor.
Don’t look for white people to come pouring out of the woodwork to join in and help one of their own….. white people don’t do that…. black people do…..
No mention of race of the attackers !!!! Best wishes to the gentleman for a speedy recovery. What makes these lunatics be the way they are ??? Hope someone has a video of the attack
and they can be identified, locked up, fined, prosecuted to the outer limits of the law and identified as the real “HEROS” they think they are – why are ATV,s even allowed on the streets of a City ?? These roving gangs are just out looking for trouble/easy victims and are nothing but dirt bags as they prove it time & time again………. I hope this gentleman has a relative/connection in the Hells Angles who will seek out and teach these punks a real lesson.
If he had a permit and a weapon and shot a couple of the aggressors would he be labled a racist? That is the world we apparently live in now days.
Yes, he would have been better off shooting himself and not defending himself…. particularly as a white male.
That way, the only thing for blm and the woke white left to whine about is whether he had a permit. Otherwise, they would be happy.
i hoped they get these people and someone can beat them till blood appear. these are sick people.
Welcome to Biden’s and the Democrats’ lawless America. Criminals have no fear of law enforcement much less Siri’s Attorneys General.
Let’s Go Brandon
Buck Fiden
If government continues NOT TO prosecute ALL looters, vandals, rapists and murderers THEN I am hopeful the SILENT AMERICANS will come forward. We are PLENTY and we are SICK AND TIRED of this anarchy!!! Wise up BIDEN! Wise up DEMOCRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m 67 years old,white,straight, and conservative. I also have a CCW and never leave home unarmed.
That doesn’t mean I’m not vulnerable, but I’ll take some of my attackers with me in a similar situation.
YOUR EVERYDAY DEMOCRATS. HATE FILLED,M A MN, SELF LOATHING, BLOOD THIRSTY HEATHENS. ENJOY GORE,AND DEATH
This bunch of losers should be so proud they beat up a 82 year old man, what an accomplishment! I hope they find them all and they are shown no mercy, what scum.