CINCINNATI, OH – The woman seen being violently slammed to the ground in now-viral footage of a brutal beatdown in downtown Cincinnati has spoken out after being forced into hiding following her near-death experience, which was seen across the country.
Holly, an Ohio native and single mother of three, was out celebrating a friend’s birthday when she called an Uber to return home. As she waited for her ride, several fights broke out around 3 a.m. on July 26 at the intersection of Fourth and Elm Streets in the city’s downtown area.
Footage obtained by Fox News Digital shows an unidentified man yelling racial slurs while being beaten on the streets. Additional video footage from the scene shows the male victim slapping a member of the group seconds before the fight escalated.
“And then that’s when everyone, like a pack of wolves, just jumped in and started attacking,” Holly told me.
“I heard a man crying on the street, [and] he looked at me and held out his hand,” Holly told me. “And [he] literally said, ‘Help me, God.'” Help me, God. You can’t hear it in any of the videos because all you hear is everyone on the street cheering each other on to curb-stomp these people and kick, punch, and attack them while they’re down.”
Bystander footage shows Holly running between two men as the fight broke out, attempting to stop the brutal beating.
“I felt it was necessary to at least jump in, and try to help and save this man’s life,” Holly informed me. “It appeared that they were about to kill him. And that’s why I couldn’t just stand there doing nothing.”
“It was simply ungodly. I can’t shake the images. It repeats itself indefinitely. It keeps playing. It was extremely traumatic.
Holly was brutally slammed to the ground amid the chaos.
“I remember being afraid, terrified,” Holly told Fox News Digital. “I just remember my life flashing before my eyes, and all I can think is, ‘Dear God, I hope my children know that I love them.'”
A video of the incident shows the single mother lying unconscious on the asphalt with blood pouring from her mouth, with another person eventually approaching to help her up.
She quickly retreated to her Uber and drove home, where she “slept off her concussion.”
“The next day when I woke up, my whole face was black and blue and swollen,” Holly said. “I remember trying to take a drink and everything poured out because it was so swollen.”
Holly recalled thinking she looked like a “horrible monster” upon seeing her face in the mirror, adding that the memory “haunts” her.
