{"id":7206,"date":"2021-11-26T20:02:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T20:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advwisdom.com\/a\/82-year-old-recovering-from-an-attack-in-boston-says-crying-hurts\/"},"modified":"2021-11-26T20:02:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T20:02:57","slug":"82-year-old-recovering-from-an-attack-in-boston-says-crying-hurts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advwisdom.com\/a\/82-year-old-recovering-from-an-attack-in-boston-says-crying-hurts\/","title":{"rendered":"82-year-old recovering from an attack in Boston says: “Crying hurts”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\t\t\tWith bruises on his face and emotion in his voice, the 82-year-old, who was recently attacked by a pack of 30 to 40 people on Boston streets, recorded a heartfelt Thanksgiving message. \u201cI want to thank everyone who sent me all of their best wishes and prayers to help me through this Thanksgiving,\u201d said Richard Bell in the video made available to WCVB by members of his family. Bell, a Brookline resident, was seriously injured when he was surrounded and attacked by a group of 30 to 40 people on November 18. State Police said the group was driving off-road motorcycles and ATVs when they met Bell on Boylston Street near Fenway Park. At least one suspect threw a length of pipe through the window of Bell’s vehicle, while another threw a large rock through one of the car windows. “He wanted to get a turkey. That’s all he did. A simple errand at 7:30 am,” Bell’s daughter said in an earlier interview. “You wouldn’t think it would be a dangerous time for someone to be outside.” State police said Bell was forced to drive on the curb while members of the group damaged his car. He tried to escape by heading west across the Bowker Overpass to Storrow Drive, but some of the dirt bike and ATV riders followed him. Bell drove on onto Soldiers Field Road and ended up stuck at the top of Cambridge Street exit in Allston. where investigators said he was attacked by one of the drivers after he lowered his window while trying to ask people in another car to call 911. He was able to drive away again, this time to a nearby gas station, where state police said he was out of his car and fell to the ground. Bell is still recovering from his injuries. “While I can’t be with my family, I am grateful to them for their great support and for me,” said Richard Bell in his video message. Shortly thereafter, Bell is overwhelmed by emotion and had to take a break from recording the message. “I’m sorry for the tears and I haven’t had a heart attack,” said Bell after a pause. “It just hurts to cry and even to breathe. But I wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving and take care of each other’s families.” State Police had asked anyone with information, photos, or video of the incident to call the State Police Department for Suffolk County at 617-727-8817.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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With bruises on his face and emotion in his voice, the 82-year-old, who was recently attacked by a pack of 30 to 40 people on Boston streets, recorded a heartfelt Thanksgiving message. <\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank everyone who sent me all of their best wishes and prayers to help me through this Thanksgiving,\u201d said Richard Bell in the video made available to WCVB by members of his family. <\/p>\n

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Bell, a Brookline resident, was seriously injured when he was surrounded and attacked by a group of 30 to 40 people on November 18. State Police said the group was driving off-road motorcycles and ATVs when they met Bell on Boylston Street near Fenway Park.<\/p>\n

At least one suspect threw a length of pipe through the window of Bell’s vehicle, while another threw a large rock through one of the car windows.<\/p>\n

“He was going to pick up a turkey. That was all he did. A simple 7:30 am errand,” Bell’s daughter said in a previous interview<\/a>. “You wouldn’t think it would be a dangerous time for someone to be outside.”<\/p>\n

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State Police said Bell was forced to drive on the curb while members of the group damaged his car. He tried to escape by heading west over Bowker Overpass to Storrow Drive, but some of the dirt bike and ATV riders followed him.<\/p>\n

Bell continued on Soldiers Field Road and eventually got stuck at the top of Cambridge Street exit in Allston, where investigators said he was attacked by one of the drivers after he lowered his window trying to meet people in another Asking car to call 911. <\/p>\n

He was able to drive away again, this time to a nearby gas station, where, according to the state police, he got out of his car and fell to the ground. Bell is still recovering from his injuries.<\/p>\n

“While I can’t be with my family, I am grateful to them for their great support and for me,” said Richard Bell in his video message.<\/p>\n

Shortly thereafter, Bell is overwhelmed by emotion and has to take a break from recording the message. <\/p>\n

“I’m sorry for the tears and I haven’t had a heart attack,” said Bell after a pause. “It just hurts to cry and even to breathe. But I wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving and take care of each other’s families.”<\/p>\n

State Police had asked anyone with information, photos, or video of the incident to call the Suffolk County Detective Unit at 617-727-8817.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With bruises on his face and emotion in his voice, the 82-year-old, who was recently attacked by a pack of 30 to 40 people on Boston streets, recorded a heartfelt Thanksgiving message. \u201cI want to thank everyone who sent me all of their best wishes and prayers to help me through this Thanksgiving,\u201d said Richard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advwisdom.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advwisdom.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advwisdom.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advwisdom.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advwisdom.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/advwisdom.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advwisdom.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advwisdom.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advwisdom.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}