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Eric "strong willed" Baker

hi, my name is eric baker,here is my story ,on july 26,2004 my stepson and me were working on one of my company trucks at a friends vacant property when we decided to eat lunch at this time 2 four wheelers approached and they were drunk and tried to bully our food from us one took a swing at me and small fight broke out fortunatly i was able to run them off ,but unfortunatly for me my stepson left and they returned with more people this time in cars 10 in all but only 5 did the actual assault at witch time my friend hid in the woods (never think your so big you can handle anything ,i should have called police when they first left)after they knocked me out my friend said they kicked me in the head 20 to 30 times before leaving,somehow i was able to get to my feet and drive 15 miles home which i do not remember to this day,once home i immediatly went into seizures from brain swelling,my wife called ambulance and at the hospital found out i had severe frontal lobe damage, whiplash,and dislocated shoulder,it took a month before i could walk on my own,i still have balance,memory,stamina,slight studder at times,and post traumatic stress,but i am glad to be alive(the moral to this story if there is one is violence only causes more violence,and always try to walk away from it instead of getting involved with it.(TAKE CARE EVERYONE)SINCERLY Eric Baker