A Brisbane father suffered cuts, bruises, disorientation, and symptoms of a concussion.
In the centre of the city, 52-year-old Andrew McKenzie was unprovokedly hit in the face by a coward, leaving him hospitalised.
Now, weeks after the Queen Street incident, he is pleading for assistance in locating his assailant.
McKenzie remembers the terrifying attack in fragments.
He thinks it was about 5:30 p.m. and knows he was on his way home.
“On Friday the 10th, if, if that’s the day, it was a normal work day in the city,” he stated.
“I’ve got recollections of either waiting in a cab queue, waiting in a bus queue.”
Thousands of city workers poured onto the streets of the central business district, and he was the target of two young thugs who didn’t seem to know why.
“You know, I’m a 52-year-old guy in a business shirt and suit pants … with a computer rucksak over my shoulder, walking down the street,” remarked the man.
Sarah Robins, his partner, was frightened when her phone rang.
“He called me, facetimed me, and said he’d been attacked and then his phone cut out,” she added.
“People die from a single punch.”
After receiving medical attention on the spot from paramedics, McKenzie was transported to the hospital and released early the next morning.
Things became worse over the next few days; he was experiencing discomfort and dizziness.
And after the hit, a week later, had a fall at home.
“That was the scariest medical episode and day of my life,” claimed the man.
While McKenzie is still healing from his wounds, what happened that evening has also affected him emotionally.
He’s not sure if he’ll feel comfortable strolling around the city once more.
“All the ladies who have to work in the city and I now understand how they might feel scared walking down certain streets and at certain times.”
The knowledge that his attackers are still at large makes him feel even more insecure.
The police are looking into it.
They anticipate that security footage from surrounding companies will aid in filling up McKenzie’s memory gaps.
