he is disabled now. 2 are in prison. i am now in the process of going after the families of the minors , the parents that allowed the party at their home & the woman who bought the beer for the minors in civil court .... and let me tell you , if you ever have to be involved in a crime make sure YOU are the criminal they seem to do OK.

a couple of weeks ago the depositions began. the opposing counsel (two different ones) were hard on my husband but i think they could have been harder but as far as i was concerned he was merely the days entertainment for both of them and the parent of one of the attackers (dan szurgot in prison for 15 years) .

the opposing counsel were pretty harsh with me as well.

anyways , the mother - c. szurgot - blatently lied under oath . accusing my husband of making harassing calls to her home. then accusing me of walking by her house and "screaming b*tch" at her.

and then this vile woman smirks and says she agreed with what her son and the gang of kids did to my husband and she would have done the same thing.

i have never in my life been in such close proximity to someone so evil , vile and who possess no conscience.

thanks for listening.

but it is also very apparent what he did lose and what he will never regain.

I love matt very much. I am very proud of my husband. I know I am very lucky to have him with me.

he is the most important thing in my life and I am so thankful I still have my beautiful husband with me.

3/31/01 just before midnight Matt headed to the living room to eat dinner and I headed up to bed. the last words I said to him were "I'm going to get my jams on". I got in bed, turned on the TV (biography was on , Anthony Quinn - not a big fan).

Anyway , I start to hear some loud voices coming up the street. alot of whooping and yelling. it stops in front of our house and lingers for a few minutes. (our bedroom is over our living room and they both face the street we live on - Benton street). I hear matt get up and open the front door , I hear muffled words and then the door slammed. I roll over figuring Matt will be on the phone to 911. during those few minuets the yelling and hollering never stopped. As I roll over , the yelling continued, got louder more intense. I got up got my glasses and looked out the window. Laying on the ground was a young man , face up, his head in -> that direction . there were about 9 to 11 people running around and all of a sudden from the right a guy came running up and kicked the young man on the ground in the head , like he was kicking a football.

I ran downstairs, when I stepped into the dining room I called for matt and ran into the living room to call 911. as dispatch answered I opened the blinds. in the seconds it took me to run downstairs to get the phone, they kicked this young man so many times his head was now facing <- . I then saw another body crouched down on the ground and yelled at dispatch that the gang beat up two people and I was yelling for an ambulance. then that 2nd person got up and reared back his foot and kicked the young man in the head. all I could see was the body react to that blow. the guy then stepped over his head and kicked him again.

I was able to describe this guy to dispatch and then some other vague descriptions. I then hung up. I turned and saw our golden retriever all excited so I want to gate him in the kitchen thinking the police would be here soon. that is when I saw the front door open. I put my coat on (I'm barefoot in Matt's pj's) to find matt & to see if the Young man needed help. I know my neighbors, they don't get involved in anything.

I stepped out onto the porch and saw his body laying in a puddle. when I stepped into our drive way I recognized his clothes. when I ran into the street , that was all I could recognize. the right side of his face was all blood and swollen. the left side was caved in , his left eye protruding from its socket. there was blood everywhere. I remember an officer walking by telling me to step away from him. I told him (in a very quiet but firm voice , odd how I remember that) to get f*cked, this is my husband. right after that another officer came up and asked if I could ID the person I described on the phone , I walked over to the squad car and positively id'd him.

I was then told to get dressed , the ambulance had arrived and while they were putting matt on the stretcher , I went into the house and got dressed. we went to strong memorial hospital emergency. and let me tell you (if you're a fan of the TV series ER) there was no Dr. Carter , no Dr. Benson or Kerry Weaver there. NO one acknowledged my presence , Matt was just taken away and I was alone. I had to find someone. my husband was almost f*cking murdered in front of our home , I saw it and am too damn stupid to recognize my own husband on the ground and I am now left alone in the emergency department without a clue as to what to do.

Dan Szurgot has been sentenced to 15 years and is doing his time in Elmira State Prison (max. fac.). The other one Brandon Caswell was sentenced to 10 years , same facility.Our civil suit has not yet begun. Seems several of the under age drinkers , the woman who bought the beer for the minors AND the family who allowed the minors to drink in their home - all want to sue ME for harassment go figure.