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All right. Today is Friday, May 31st. Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning. A Delaware woman is sharing her agonizing story of a vacation attack. Tammy Lawrence Daly says she was brutally attacked at the majestic elegance, all-inclusive resort in Punta Kana in January. She went to get a snack at the bustling resort when she heard footsteps. He just plowed into my back and I remember the grunt he made when he hit me. It's in my nightmare, she said.

The attacker pummeled the mother of two for hours. She could feel the bones in her face cave and her teeth break.

This was hard to look at the picture of her, the poor thing. I was watching the video and she was brutalized. Yeah. And so it left like in a foyer or a doorway. And they were looking.

Oh, my God.

He at that point began choking me, strangling me, she said.

The mother of two went in and out of consciousness.

She says the assailant then dragged her limp body into a dark crawl space inside the five-star resort.

It was pitch black.

All I could think of was my husband's going to find me dead with my head bashed in. Lawrence Daly suffered a broken orbital, broken hand, nerve damage, and other injuries. She's had a half a dozen surgeries and procedures since the attack. It was the second night of the trip when she was beaten. She believes the attacker was ready to pounce. She says that she fought with all of her might to stay alive.

She said he used something to wrap around my throat and basically strangle me again.

At that point, I knew I was dead, she says. But she had the will to live. The family says after an exhaustive search spearheaded by her husband and friends, not the resort, Lawrence Daly was found.

Her husband, Chris Daly, feels guilty that he didn't go with her to get the snack, but the resort was busy with other travelers. He choked up when recounting, finding his wife after the search. This was the hardest part, Chris said, seeing her from the back, it didn't look like her until a friend said those are her shoes. Couldn't even recognize his own wife. Nope. The mother says that one of the maids walked up and put a robe around her, and she said that she'd never forget that because to her that translated that she was safe. You know, occasionally hear stories like this at resorts, you know, where people are attacked and you sort of dismiss them. But hearing this story, I mean, you don't dismiss these people and what they went through. But yeah, they were talking about this, this occurs more than you would think. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. In some locations, and in fact, they're being very critical. I don't know how it's going to shake out. But he said the hotel staff didn't really assist at all in looking for her. Yeah.

Yeah, and it was inside the all-inclusive. Like sometimes you hear when they leave the resort. Like, don't leave your resort. You're fine if you're here. Right. She was at, it was a five-star all-inclusive resort. Yeah. When you stay at those, when I stay at those, I mean, I get this kind of like king of the world type of. You know what I mean? You're impervious.

Yeah.

I don't need money.

Drinks are on me. I'll be right back. More jerk chicken. 45 margaritas, no problem. I mean, it just, it feels, you feel you're paying and a good amount of money for great service and just to be and do whatever you want to do. To be indulged.

That I wouldn't even think about my safety. Yeah. You know, over something, during a stay like that.

Wow. The family says the Dominican police investigation was inadequate at best. She recalls her attacker

wearing a majestic elegance uniform, but she never saw his face and no suspect has been identified.

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