A New York City woman was slashed in the neck and repeatedly punched in a violent attack by a convicted felon during a birthday hiking trip in Arizona last week.<\/p>\n
Alexis Rowan, 27, was attacked by a local tribe member she had asked for directions after she completed 8 miles of a 10-mile hike on the Havasupai Reservation in The Grand Canyon State last Wednesday, ABC7<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n Alexis Rowan, 27, was violently attacked while on a hiking trip in Arizona for her birthday. ABC7<\/p>\n \u201cAnd as soon as I felt my neck, I\u2019m like, \u2018oh my God, I\u2019m going to die,’\u201d Rowan recalled of Havasupai tribe member Taylor Nardo Paya, 29, attacking her from behind after she approached him for directions to the gift shop. <\/p>\n \u201cI was like, oh my God, my neck. I can\u2019t die like this, this is not the way,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd I was like, I have my kids to go home to,\u201d the 27-year-old mother added.<\/p>\n Rowan needed 10 stitches in her neck and three stitches on her left hand following the violent assault. ABC7<\/p>\n The violent attack, in which Rowan was slashed in the neck and repeatedly punched, was caught on a Ring camera nearby.<\/p>\n In the footage, Paya is seen attempting to drag the 27-year-old mother away after she fell to the ground. <\/p>\n The \u201csensless, unnecessary act of violence\u201d was caught on a nearby Ring camera. ABC7<\/p>\n After the brutal assault, Rowan required 10 stitches in her neck and three stitches on her left hand.<\/p>\n