HOMESTEAD, FLA. (WSVN) - A woman was the victim of a violent dog attack in Homestead that sent her to the hospital with serious injuries, police said.
Surveillance footage shows the 63-year-old victim as she walked along Northwest Ninth Terrace, near Second Street, at around 10:30 a.m. on Friday.
It was at this moment when the video shows her being bitten multiple times by two dogs described by Miami-Dade Animal Services as American bulldog mixes.
“I hear they mauled the lady apart,” a nearby worker, Kejon Lyons, said. “It was just devastating.”
The footage shows a good Samaritan, later identified as Alexander Hernandez, was able to scare the dogs away and get the victim to safety.
On Friday evening, Hernandez spoke to 7News.
“I was working on this truck, putting air in the tire, and as I’m putting air I hear loud barking and ‘help help’,” said Hernández. “I come running out and see the two dogs on her. One had her by the leg and one had her by the arm.”
The woman reportedly suffered injuries to the back of her head, neck, right arm and right ankle.
“We got rags and stuff to try to secure her head and stuff because it was very bad,” said another nearby worker, Cobi Brooks. “You could see her skull.”
The woman was airlifted as a trauma alert to Jackson South Medical Center, where she underwent surgery and is stable.
“She was just in shock you know, it’s a traumatizing thing to happen to her,” Brooks said.
Animal control officials said the two strays were safely collected and are now in the custody of Miami-Dade Animal Services.
People who work in the area say they’ve seen the dogs around for months.
“They do come out, they do run around, they do mess with people, but they’ve never attacked anybody like this,” Brooks said. “This is the first time.”
As for Hernandez, he’s thankful he was at the right place at the right time.
“That’s all up to God. He put me at the right place, at the right time. Luckily, I was able to help her,” he said.
The investigation remains active. No arrests are being made at this time.
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