This inspiring story from whdh.com is well worth a read:
LAWRENCE, Mass. — A Lawrence woman who said she had never been in a fight in her entire life fended off an attack from a much larger man late last month.
She’s 5-foot-1 and barely more than 100 pounds, but full of fight.
“I don’t know where it came from,” said April Marchessault.
The mother of three was caught off guard when a man snuck into her home late at night and grabbed her from behind.
“It was like covering his whole face, was a gray t-shirt,” said Marchessault.
Chief John Romero of the Lawrence Police Department said 47-year-old Edgardo Montes planned to rape Marchessault.
“Absolutely, given the way he attacked the woman,” said Chief Romero.
Just by looking at the suspect (PHOTO: Montes mug shot), it would appear to be a lopsided fight. And it was.
Marchessault kicked Montes down a flight of stairs, severely spraining his knee. She then punched his face so many times that she hurt her own hand.
“Then when we were halfway up the driveway, my hand was killing me, so that’s when I picked up the trash barrel and then just kept whacking him in the head,” said Marchessault.
During the fight, Marchessault’s three kids were sleeping inside the house. Her father woke up, though, and the two of them held Montes at bay until police arrived.
“He couldn’t get up anyway. He kept trying to get up and I just kept stomping on his leg,” said Marchessault.
Montes, who is already a Level 2 sex offender for a 1995 rape conviction, is back behind bars.
Police gave all the credit to Marchessault.
“My sense is that this individual, given his history, would’ve just attacked somebody else,” said Chief Romero.
Montes is currently being held in jail without bail.
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