PHOENIX (WKRC\/KPHO\/CNN Newsource) – A family is thanking two strangers for intervening and saving a 71-year-old man\u2019s life during a violent attack while he was walking his dog.<\/p>\n
Jeff Zimmerman was attacked last Saturday by a person riding a bicycle, suffering severe head injuries, multiple broken bones and trauma to his right eye, according to his family. The injuries compounded Zimmerman\u2019s ongoing treatment for a brain tumor.<\/p>\n
His daughter, Kiera Zimmerman, described her father as \u201cthe most loving guy\u201d and \u201cthe strongest person I\u2019ve met in my life.\u201d She said the strangers\u2019 actions were crucial.<\/p>\n
A family is thanking two strangers for intervening and saving a 71-year-old man\u2019s life during a violent attack while he was walking his dog. (KPHO\/CNN Newsource)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact that they were right place, right time is literally an act of God,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s OK because of these two strangers that happened to be there at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zimmerman spent four days in the intensive care unit before being transferred to a trauma unit. Despite the severity of his injuries, his daughter said the family is focused on his survival.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t even be upset because I\u2019m just so thankful that he\u2019s alive,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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The family said Zimmerman\u2019s medical expenses exceed $200,000, in addition to the cost of his ongoing cancer treatments. A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help cover the bills and has raised more than $25,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX (WKRC\/KPHO\/CNN Newsource) – A family is thanking two strangers for intervening and saving a 71-year-old man\u2019s life…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-103473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}