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A woman is opening up after she was brutally attacked and stabbed just outside her home in downtown Miami last week, leaving her partially blind.<\/p>\n

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Nothing has been the same for Caitlin Dydzuhn since the morning she walked out of her Marina Blue home along Northeast 8th Street and Biscayne on Tuesday, May 19.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe attacked me from behind. I had no idea it was going to happen,” Dydzuhn said. “There was no way to defend myself from that; he just flattened me. He pinned me down and started punching me and stabbing me, and hitting my head into the pavement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dydzuhn screamed for help over and over, worried she wouldn\u2019t survive.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was prepared to die in that moment,” she said. “I was calculating how many more punches can I take?\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, a good Samaritan fought off the attacker and brought her to safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of a sudden, I was covered in my own blood and running for my life,” Dydzuhn said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA woman was rushed to the hospital after she was stabbed in the face with a pen during an apparent random attack in downtown Miami. NBC6’s Ari Odzer reports\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

Miami Police arrested 49-year-old Raydean Johnson after a three-hour standoff with officers, who had to use a taser to take him into custody.<\/p>\n

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Now Dydzuhn is looking to file a negligent security lawsuit against Marina Blue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe building has a security responsibility to protect their residents,” attorney Judd Rosen said. \u201cThere\u2019s no security at all on the perimeter; there\u2019s no one paying attention. Where were they?\u201d<\/p>\n

Dydzuhn suffered cuts to her face. She needed surgery for the most serious injury to her left eye, which has left her partially blind.<\/p>\n

Now she\u2019s afraid to walk out of her own building by herself and walk around Miami, something she used to enjoy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter being brutally attacked right outside my own building, it\u2019s hard to imagine, and it makes me very sad,” she said.<\/p>\n

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NBC6 reached out to Marina Blue for comment and are waiting to hear back.<\/p>\n

Johnson is now charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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