After almost 10 minutes struggling against a pair of attacking pit bulls, she was about to give up. "Every time I got up to run away, they would bite me and drag me back down," Garza recalled Monday, about a year after the attack on a southeast Houston jogging path. Charles Jordan, a 63-year-old retired database manager for AT&T. Jordan's house is close to the jogging trail near Hughes and Riverstone Ranch Road where Garza, 34, was attacked March 5, 2014. The medal recognizes people who risk their lives "to an extraordinary degree" while saving or attempting to save the lives of others, according to the foundation. The recipients are nominated for the medal, and they receive a financial award as well. Placing himself between her and the dogs, Jordan helped the heavily bleeding woman climb the power box. Once the two pit bulls were separated, they seemed to give up the attack. Animal control officers finally arrived at the scene, he said.
Houston Man Honored For Rescuing Woman In Pit Bull Attack
By Mike Glenn, Houston Chronicle: Local
Mon, 03/30/2015 - 10:30pm
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