The incident happened early Sunday in Bayonne, not far from the Quick-Chek on Broadway. Twenty-two-year-old Dawid Strucinski, who goes by the name David, just graduated from Rutgers and was looking for his first job. Now, he's fighting for his life.
A fundraiser is scheduled for Friday to help pay for Strucinski's medical bills.
Police in Bayonne say it was a vicious attack, and now two of the young women believed to be involved are in custody. One is charged with rioting.Strucinski was walking home with friends when they spotted another friend surrounded by a mob of people.
"He was getting pushed around in the middle of the street," friend David Aziz said. "So me, Dan and Dave go run to diffuse the situation and get everyone back."
But there was no diffusing the confrontation, and the mob turned on the friends, separating them.
"I got hit in the back of the head, dropped and got stomped out by a couple of people," Dan Sautkin said. "I feel like the same thing happened to Dave, except when he got hit, he got instantly knocked out. So when they were kicking him, he was already unconscious."
Strucinski was kicked repeatedly and suffered severe head injuries. Police say there were more than a dozen attackers, at least nine men and four women.
"From what I understand, it wasn't a targeted attack," friend Steve Grau said. "It was just those people were out that night, and they were looking to do exactly what they did."
Strucinski was taken to Jersey City Medical Center, where he remains there in a coma. Officials say he is breathing on his own.
His friends hope the fundraiser, at the local Polish-American hall, will help pay his hospital expenses.
For more information on the fundraiser, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116604791763952
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