A woman’s life may have been saved thanks to her pit bull puppy.
Maya Fairweather, 18, was walking her 5-month old dog named Apollo in New York City when a man tried to attack her. The fearless puppy lunged at him and bit the man, causing him to run away.
“He’s a good boy. I think he saved my life,” Fairweather told The New York Post of the Monday night incident.
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Fairweather was at her boyfriend’s apartment when she decided to take Apollo out for some exercise. She took her energetic pup to a park in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook and let him off his leash. Listening to music on her headphones, she didn’t hear a man come up behind her.
He grabbed Fairweather, pulled her to the ground and attempted to take her pants off.
“I fell down on my hands,” she told the outlet. “I just closed my eyes because they say that if you see their face, they will kill you. I froze. I was really scared.”
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Apollo saw what was happening, ran over and bit the guy in the leg so hard it was difficult for the perpetrator to shake him off.
“I heard him say, ‘F–k!’ and I was able to run away. I ran across the street,” Fairweather said, adding that her dog has never bitten anyone and is always very happy-go-lucky.
While police are searching for Fairweather’s attacker, she is grateful her pup was with her that evening.
“He was protective,” Fairweather said. “I think it would’ve been a lot worse. I wouldn’t have been so lucky.
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