ATLANTA — It’s been exactly a week since a mother was injured after MARTA police say she was pushed in front of an oncoming MARTA train.
In the picture the family gave Channel 2's Nefertiti Jaquez, you can Sue Wenszell bandaged and bruised. It was taken shortly after she was released from the hospital.
Wenszell's 28-year-old daughter, Katie Wenszell, was critically injured trying to save her mother’s life. Police said she was hit by the train, dragged and nearly killed. She is still in the hospital recovering.
Katie Wenszell has had three surgeries, including a leg amputation and facial reconstruction.
"She’s doing better than anyone had ever expected, but the why did it happen thing still keeps going back and forth," Jerry Wenszell said.
Police arrested Christopher Patrick Brooklin, 28, in connection with the incident. MARTA police said Brooklin appeared to have "some diminished mental capacity."
A GoFundMe account has been set up to help pay for medical expenses.
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When Katie finally did wake up, Jerry said it was to messages of hope on the GoFundme page from people she's never even met, telling the family that they would pray until Katie was healed while quickly surpassing the family’s $5,000 fundraising goal
"We thank you, we thank you, we thank you for the money. But I thank them more for the outpouring of prayers," Jerry Wenszell said. "The support to me, significantly outweigh the money. Again, thank you for the money. But the support of the people go far beyond. Far beyond."
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