Texas<\/a> for what they hoped would be a memorable father-son trip.<\/p>\n“We traveled from New Jersey to San Antonio to see what we hoped would be a really exciting game and make a memory together,” Dan Prager said.<\/p>\n
The game delivered. The aftermath did not.<\/p>\n
What they’re saying:<\/p>\n
Just seconds after getting out of a rideshare near their downtown San Antonio hotel, the pair said they were ambushed from behind.<\/p>\n
For Lawrence, 62, the attack remains a blank.<\/p>\n
“That is the last thing that I remember until I woke up in the hospital,” he said.<\/p>\n
Dan, 29, said he watched his father collapse almost immediately.<\/p>\n
“We had just gotten out of the car, two, three seconds after,” he said. “I see my dad go down immediately.”<\/p>\n
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Dan said multiple attackers punched, kicked and stomped on them.<\/p>\n
“My dad was completely unconscious, lying in a pool of his own blood,” he said. “I was just holding his head up, trying to wake him up, shouting, ‘Somebody call 911. We need an ambulance.'”<\/p>\n
Lawrence suffered a brain bleed, facial injuries and a serious shoulder injury.<\/p>\n
“It was terrifying, truly,” Dan said. “The scariest thing I’ve ever been through because I was sitting there covered in blood thinking, ‘Am I going to go home if my dad dies?'”<\/p>\n
What’s next:<\/p>\n
Doctors later determined the brain bleed was small enough to heal on its own, but Lawrence is still awaiting MRI results on a Grade 3 AC joint injury in his shoulder. If surgery is needed, recovery could take six to nine months, he said.<\/p>\n
The pair remained in Texas for several days before returning home. Dan’s mother, an air trauma nurse, flew to San Antonio to help after the attack.<\/p>\n
No arrests have been announced in the case, but the Pragers said detectives have obtained surveillance video from nearby businesses and the hotel and believe multiple people may have been involved.<\/p>\n
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According to the family, investigators told them the suspects could face felony aggravated assault charges if identified.<\/p>\n
The family also wants to clear up confusion circulating online.<\/p>\n
Two women arrested this week in a separate attack involving Knicks fans are not connected to their case, they said.<\/p>\n
Despite the violence, the father and son say they refuse to let the attack overshadow the reason they traveled to Texas in the first place.<\/p>\n
“We’re not going to let some cowards who decided to attack from behind take away our experience,” Dan said. “We want to keep it a great memory. Because if they take that away from us, then they win.”<\/p>\n
The support they’ve received since returning home has helped.<\/p>\n
Both the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs reached out to the family.<\/p>\n
The Knicks sent championship merchandise and a signed photo of Josh Hart, while the Spurs delivered gift baskets during Lawrence’s recovery in Texas.<\/p>\n
As Father’s Day approaches, the Pragers say their focus is simple: spending time together.<\/p>\n
“I’m hoping I’m going to have three of my four children here with me,” Lawrence said. “Really just spending it together is going to be the most important thing.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
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