Nicholas Pellegrino, a 29-year-old high school teacher from San Francisco, survived a stabbing at a train station in Milan on July 15. While preparing for a train journey, he was assaulted by four men, identified as North African migrants, who slashed his neck with a pocketknife. After a 15-minute wait for an ambulance, he was rushed to the hospital. Pelligrino described the experience as terrifying, expressing gratitude for his survival and stating, 'Miracles still happen'. He is scheduled to fly back to New York after recovering.
With every beat of his heart, 29-year-old Nicholas Pellegrino felt like he was another pump closer to death. The religion and Spanish teacher at San Francisco's Archbishop Riordan High School was at the San Donato Milanese train station in Milan, Italy, and he was bleeding out.
The attack was carried out by a group of North African migrants. Pellegrino confirmed to The Times he had recovered enough to fly back to New York on Thursday.
Miracles still happen. Pellegrino, a professed Catholic, said in a phone interview Wednesday evening. I'm grateful to be alive.
When he put his head down, one slashed his jugular vein with a pocketknife while another stole his laptop, clothes and passport, according to Pellegrino.
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