Man mugged while training for Army test

[Invictus]

When I read this I had to wonder if this could be a DEP on here that failed to post his PT test scores in a timely fashion

Man mugged while training for Army test

Sat Mar 22, 6:25 AM ET

NEW YORK - Knife-wielding muggers attacked a jogger running in Central Park to prepare for an Army physical fitness test, police and his family said.

"I'm in a lot of pain," Johnny Reberon, 23, said as he returned from a hospital Friday to his Manhattan home.

He was slashed in the arm and leg by two men who accosted him around 8:45 p.m. Thursday, police said.

His mugging was near the park road where a 28-year-old investment banker was found after being attacked while jogging on April 19, 1989. She became known worldwide as "the Central Park jogger."

Reberon's attackers took his wallet and iPod, police said. They were searching for suspects early Saturday.

"When he saw all the blood coming out, he thought he was going to bleed to death," said his mother, Carmen Zega. "I cried for hours."

She said her son called 911 on a cell phone he'd tucked in one of his socks, but he was in too much agony to talk to the operator. Two bicyclists stopped and helped him, Zega said.

Reberon works as a receptionist at a veterinary hospital, but he recently decided to join the Army, his mother said.

The victim of the 1989 attack was in a coma for 12 days before beginning her near-miraculous recovery. The jogger, Trisha Meili, disclosed her identity in 2003 and published her memoir.

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[Kilted Heathen]

Still no excuse.

Mugging should be a PT event anyway.

[Rangerguru]

I'm thinking that maybe they were just trying to motivate him to run faster. Kind of like a fall out NCO with a 9mm.

[nightcrawler]

I'm thinking that maybe they were just trying to motivate him to run faster. Kind of like a fall out NCO with a 9mm.

Yeah!! and that NCO's yelling "run faster and give me your watch and wallet while you're at it!"

[scubask]

This guy should not be running with an iPod outside. Safety hazard - never know if someone is honking at you because they're about to run you over. Or running up to mug you. Besides, train as you fight, right? Last PT test I took I don't remember allowing anyone to run with an iPod.

[nightcrawler]

running with an ipod.....what an idiot.....you don't need an ipod LOL! only thing close to eletronic with moving parts you can run with is a watch! Anyways he's should be focused on running not trying to learn some dance moves as he run and he should of left his wallet home...and brung his camelbak if he got thirsty! well good thing he wasn't killed
His MAIN focus should have been "Hey I need to pass this PT Test not listen to my lame jams on my 300 dollar ipod! Let this be a lesson to anybody who wants to jam during a PT test....... fucking run or get stabbed and robbed.....Personally I don't feel sorry for this dumb ass! Fucking Dicky Doo!

[ANGRYCivilian]

Still no excuse.

Mugging should be a PT event anyway.

:D :D :D