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https://abcnews.go.com/US/grandmother-declared-blind-acid-attack-stranger-home/story?id=73626086

A 61-year-old grandmother and phlebotomist is now blind after she was randomly attacked by a stranger who splashed acid in her face as she was leaving her own home. The incident occurred at approximately 6:15 a.m. on Oct. 6 as 61-year-old Helen Jones was walking to her car which was parked just steps in front of her Germantown neighborhood home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to go draw blood for patients at a nursing home when she was attacked, according to ABC News Philadelphia station WPVI. "There was a man there and he was like 'Hey, are you good?' As if he was inquiring about her safety making sure she was okay," said Aneesha Summerville, Jones daughter, in an interview with WPVI. "And when she looked up to say 'yes,' he threw the stuff in her face and ran off It's devastating." "I just heard a lot of screaming and she was banging on her door trying to get in," neighbor Dorothy Hannibal told WPVI. She has lived next to Jones for more than 20 years. Jones was immediately taken to Temple University Hospital and placed in critical condition where she has been recovering since the attack.

No previous exchange, no problems with anybody. Just a complete random incident, Inspector Michael McCarrick of the Philadelphia Police Department told WPVI at the time of the attack. According to WPVIs report, the Philadelphia Fire Department's Hazmat Unit was eventually able to determine that the liquid used in the attack was chlorosulfuric acid which Jones daughter says burned her mother's lips, tongue and eyes, leaving her blind. "(The doctors) just said that she's blind. They couldn't tell us if she would get her vision back or not," Summerville told WPVI. Summerville said that her mother didn't know the man who attacked her but that he was wearing a mask, which most people are required to do because of COVID-19 regulations, but that he may have burns on his hands from spilling some of the chemicals during the attack. Police are still investigating the attack and no arrests have been made in the case so far.



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Catch him and let her family scoop out his eyes with a butter knife.

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Where the fuck do these people get acid

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PatrickMahomes posted...

Where the fuck do these people get acid

That's always my first thought sadly. It happened a lot in West Indian countries back when my dad was a teenager. Fucking acid attacks....

Anyway, this is horrible and I really hope they get this bastard.

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PatrickMahomes posted...

Where the fuck do these people get acid

https://www.lowes.com/pd/crown-1-gallon-muriatic-acid/3024039
Plain old hydrochloric acid, sold by the gallon at the hardware store.

Godnorgosh posted...

What is going on inside the head of someone waiting outside some stranger's door with a bucket of acid?

the dogma of a religion

AlmightyCheeks posted...

Catch him and let her family scoop out his eyes with a butter knife.

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AlmightyCheeks posted...

Catch him and let her family scoop out his eyes with a butter knife.

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PatrickMahomes posted...

Where the fuck do these people get acid

Auto part and hardware stores I am guessing

Godnorgosh posted...

What is going on inside the head of someone waiting outside some stranger's door with a bucket of acid?

This. Life in prison for this scumbag. Seems like he he had a vendetta for whatever reason and / or is deranged and was just waiting for a opportunity to strike.Goes to show you how any crazy idiot can just rob you of your independence or life at any moment. I the criminal is caught and the victim and her family get justice.

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Probably edp

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