Josef Neumann was one of five hurt in the Dec. 28 assault at a rabbi's home in Monsey, New York, where Hasidic Jews had gathered to celebrate Hanukkah. 'He really may never ever speak again,' Neumann's youngest daughter, Nicky Kohen, said at a news conference on Thursday. Neumann,
The daughter of a man critically hurt in a machete attack during Hanukkah is pleading with the public to"stand up and stop this hatred."
"He really may never ever speak again," Neumann's youngest daughter, Nicky Kohen, said at a news conference on Thursday. "The prognosis is not good. He sustained multiple injuries. He has a fractured skull. He's been sliced, like, through his neck. He has a shattered arm," Kohen said."The doctors do not have high hopes for him. If he wakes up, he may never be able to walk, talk or even process speech again."Overcome with emotion, Kohen faced the cameras and begged those watching to"please stand up and stop this hatred...
"He's made everybody feel something, important, special," she said."If my father can do that, I'm begging you all, please, you can do that, too."Kohen said she hopes her father"wakes to a changed world with peace, unity and love for all.
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