Man gets over 50 stitches after being slashed by stranger outside Tufts Medical Center

John Baglio showing the -inch cut across his face from a violent attack outside of Tufts Healthcare Center in Boston You re visiting your child one minute and the next minute you re fighting for your life noted Baglio Baglio says he and his wife Jennifer stepped outside for fresh air while visiting their son in the hospital Friday when a man approached them Next thing I know he s throwing a punch at my husband revealed Jennifer Jennifer an EMT watched in horror as the man and her husband wrestled to the ground and into Washington Street It was just shocking I in that moment did not feel like an urgency responder I felt like a panicked wife revealed Jennifer She right now hit the call button on the blue light emergency call box near her Everything went blurry around me like I couldn t even see what was around me revealed Jennifer The only thing clear was that blue light Tufts guard responded swiftly Boston police arrested a -year-old man in connection and charged him with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon A broken crack pipe was detected at the scene John suffered a concussion and needed more than stitches He says the matter took an emotional toll It just seems like it s really hitting me Not just how close I came to you know possibly being killed but just the trauma of it stated John