I Am the Central Park Jogger: A Story of Hope and Possibility
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It is the end of a long workdayand she is out for a run.Shortly after 9:00 P.M. on April 19, 1989, a young woman jogs alone near 102nd Street in New York City's Central Park. She is attacked, raped, savagely beaten, and left for dead. Many hours later, she is found lying in the mud, her body thrashing violently.I Am the Central Park Jogger recounts the mesmerizing, inspiring, often wrenching story of human strength and transcendent recovery that involved a family, a hospital, a city -- in fact an entire nation -- of supporters.Even today, more than a decade after the attack, the Central Park Jogger is still in the news. As she writes this story, the headlines scream JOGGER once more. Startling new information about the crime emerges. Because of the nature of her head injuries, she remembers nothing of the attack. Whether one man or several nearly took her life, the damage was done. And for the Central Park Jogger, the crime was not the... Entertainment Weekly her story is a triumphant one.
Prologue1Preface: "I'm Okay"5Chapter 1"Wilding"11Chapter 2Who Was I?31Chapter 3Life Interrupted51Chapter 4Gaylord87Chapter 5"Thank You for Your Prayers"111Chapter 6Prepare for Departure127Chapter 7Reentry147Chapter 8The Trials167Chapter 9Reaching Out199Chapter 10Jim and Me217Chapter 11The Man in the Wheelchair231Epilogue253Afterword255Resources261Further Reading263Acknowledgments267
