The mom of a person who was punched and stomped on at a bus station has met the Good Samaritan who intervened and saved his life.
MMA fighter James William, 31, stepped in to assist Linda’s 39-year-old son Jay who was brutally attacked on the Nambour bus station north of Brisbane on Sunday afternoon.
The daddy-of-two was rushed to Sunshine Coast College Hospital, the place he stays in a crucial situation.
His attacker, who king hit him and repeatedly stomped on his head, stays on the run 5 days later.
Mr William’s instincts kicked in and he ran in to cease the attacker, dropping a number of tooth within the course of.
‘[The attacker] stomped on his head earlier than I might recover from there,’ he advised 9 Information.
Linda (left) has met James William (proper), the Good Samaritan who intervened and saved her son’s life
An MMA fighter has recounted how he nearly stopped an unprovoked assault at a bus station on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast on Sunday (pictured)
Linda could not be extra grateful that Mr William stepped in, saying she hopes the attacker is caught ‘earlier than another person will get harm’.
‘The circumstances might have been fairly completely different,’ she stated.
‘We’re very eager for a full restoration, it is exhausting however we’re getting there.’
The emotional grandmother embraced and thanked Mr William when the pair met for the primary time on Thursday.
‘I simply need to thanks for being there as a result of the circumstances might have been a lot completely different,’ she advised him.
Mr William replied: ‘I could not cease it, however I am glad I might chase him away.’
Footage taken by a shocked bystander confirmed the jujitsu trained-Mr William wrapping his physique across the man, however he slipped away and fled the scene.
Mr William stated the person was ‘going loopy’ and he felt he needed to defend others round him.
‘If I hadn’t identified any jujitsu (a martial artwork based mostly on grappling and subduing), I’d have been in huge bother,’ he stated.
‘He focused some poor man, king hit him, and earlier than I might flip round and recover from there, he is already stomped on his head, in all probability like 10 occasions.’
Linda’s son Jay (pictured left) stays in hospital in a crucial situation
Police have launched an investigation into the incident.
Senior Sergeant Craig Mansfield stated police had been ‘involved’ in regards to the situation of the attacker who seemed to be ‘beneath the affect of some substances’.
‘It was seemingly random assaults on these two victims and seems to have been unprovoked at this stage,’ he beforehand advised reporters.
‘It was a brutal assault.’
The attacker was described as white and carrying a gray jumper, darkish shorts and thongs.
Anybody with data, together with footage of the combat, has been urged to contact police.
