This is the face
of a survivor.
When police officers arrived
at this house.
They found a helpless Jacqueline Durand
naked on the floor,
surrounded by two vicious dogs
that had just attacked and bitten her.
Over 800 times.
“Can you hear me?”
“Are you the only one inside?”
“Is the big dog right next to you.”
The dog bites had ripped off
her ears, nose and face, and she had lost
30% of the blood in her body.
If the first responders couldn't
get past these aggressive animals
to help Jacqueline,
she would die on the floor
where she first met the dogs.
Just days earlier.
“Okay, sit.”
Okay, calm down. Leave it.”
Jacqueline had been working
as a dog sitter for about seven years
before this fateful night.
During her routine
meet and greet with the dogs
a few days before the attack,
they seemed well-behaved
and their owners assured her
the dogs would be crated
when she arrived to watch them.
But that wasn't the case.
When Jacqueline entered the house.
The dogs attacked her
so quickly
that she didn't have time
to close the door behind her.
And if she had closed the door,
she'd probably be dead.
During the attack,
Jacqueline wasn't able to call for help,
but luckily the home's
alarm system
was triggered by the front door
being left
open, alerting first responders.
Above the open door was a sign that read
Crazy Dogs.
Please don't knock or ring the bell.
Were the negligent dog owners
ever punished for the attack?
“I have three kids,
you know, one three years old.
No. No History of violence? No.”
How many hours of emergency surgery
were needed
to save Jacqueline's life that night?
And what does she look like
now after her long road to recovery?
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“We turn now
to the Bronx,
where a young girl
was viciously attacked by a pit bull.”
“She was just starting her career
as a model.
But Brooklyn Cory's life changed forever
when her cousin's pit bull attacked her”
“Get the dog off of her!”
Dog attacks are more common
than you might think.
Between 2005 and 2017,
there were a total of 433
deaths caused by dogs
in the United States.
But on the night of December 23rd, 2021,
Jacqueline Durand was determined
not to become just another statistic.
When first responders
arrived at the scene of the attack,
it took them 37 minutes before
they were able to enter the home
because the dogs were being
so aggressive
by the time they got inside.
Jacqueline had already
sustained over 800
dog bites and lost 30% of the blood in
her body.
She was rushed to a trauma center
where she underwent
7 hours of emergency surgery
before her parents were even notified.
“She had to be resuscitated on the table
multiple times.
I was just glad to see her alive.
Her whole face was totally bandaged.
They had her in an induced coma
for over a week.”
Since then, she's gone through 18
reconstructive surgeries
plus physical and mental therapy.
On her road to recovery.
But what about the dog owners?
Have their lives been impacted
as much as Jacqueline's?
Well, the short answer is no.
The owners never faced criminal charges,
but they were slapped
with a $1 million lawsuit
from Jacqueline.
The lawsuit accuses
the couple of being careless
as they allegedly didn't
control, secure
or train their dogs properly.
“What we have to prove is an examination
of the dogs that we did
after this attack,
which we believe shows that
the dogs were dangerous and had
vicious propensities.”
But now
Jacqueline has
shifted her focus
to more positive things,
like being an example
of what dog owners
should do to prevent such attacks.
“I think it's the most important thing to
communicate with visitors
sitters, whoever it is
who walk into their homes
to understand their pet’s behavior
and to acknowledge it,
and to make sure
that they communicate it.”
She runs her own YouTube
channel where she documents
her recovery process
and spreads her message worldwide.
Jacqueline still has years
of reconstructive surgeries ahead of her,
but she also has the love
and support of her family
and her
long term boyfriend
to help her get through it all.
Even though we call dogs
our best friends,
we should always
be cautious around them.
Do you know the warning
signs of a dog attack?
Sometimes it's not as obvious
as them baring their teeth.
Sometimes what you really need
to pay attention to is their ears.
Find out more here on How to Survive.