Cincinnati brawl victim says she thought she was dead after beating

(NewsNation) — The woman knocked out successful a violent beatdown caught connected video during the Cincinnati Jazz Festival has revealed the carnal and intelligence toll she is bearing successful an interrogation with NewsNation.

Holly told NewsNation that she is "terrified to spell outside" and is acrophobic the "excruciating pain" she is successful could person imperishable effects.

Six radical person been charged truthful far.

Despite her wellness issues, Holly believes she has received a "second accidental astatine life" to usage her acquisition to assistance others who are besides victims of assault.

"I'm not conscionable going to beryllium determination and beryllium complacent and conscionable accidental there's thing that I tin bash astir what's happened to maine oregon what I've been aggravated astir for truthful agelong with each of the unit going connected and the powers to be, not making definite that we're protected," Holly said.

"Now I recognize conscionable however traumatic it is, and I recognize what radical person gone through, and they've been swept nether the rug and their voices haven't been heard... I conscionable consciousness truthful blessed to beryllium capable to beryllium a dependable successful this question due to the fact that I didn't die, and determination are a batch of radical retired determination who were ne'er truthful lucky."

Brawl unfortunate recalls convulsive beating

When constabulary arrived connected the scene, Holly says they did not instrumentality a connection from her, nor instrumentality her information. She says an ambulance was not called for her, and instead, she went location successful an Uber.

Holly's acquisition viewing the onslaught connected video was similar watching a movie "where idiosyncratic dies but they don't cognize they're dormant and they're looking down astatine their assemblage and they spot their dormant assemblage there, but they're truly confused.

"Then my encephalon starts getting confused astir 'am I dead? Am I really floating implicit my body? Like, delight God, fto maine aftermath up.' Then, my encephalon starts coming backmost to normal, and past it's like, 'No, you are alive.'"

Holly added she is yet to perceive from the Cincinnati constabulary chief, the Cincinnati mayor, oregon the metropolis councilwoman who said the victims "begged for that beatdown."

"I find it bizarre. I conscionable privation that they would astatine slightest person made an apology for causing nationalist panic and smear run against me," she said.