Woman's love for her daughter helped her survive: "A mother's instinct" | Forensic Files

Kirsten could come home and find me I just didn't want her to have to experience any level of the horror that
I had just gone through or any other levels in finding me there dead so this is a mother's instinct as pure as it gets
yes absolutely yeah thank you when I opened the door I saw someone standing there
in the Split Second after seeing this person on my porch I saw the knife he slashed my cheek
[Music] he then slashed three times on this side of my neck foreign [Music] [Music]
this was when he decided to ask me for my car keys and if I had a lighter a lighter I just answered him there's a
lighter in my purse [Music] he said you dead [ __ ] and plunged the knife into my chest once he plunges the
knife in and then removes it what does he do then he just walked out the door [Music]
I don't remember my feet or my hands actually touching the stairs the energy that it took for me to get up off the
ground and up those stairs I was definitely guided the amount of strength that goes into that
it's just unimaginable but the motivation was you yeah yep maybe I was there guiding her in spirit
[Music] if I take my phone off the charger it's going to light up he's going to see the
light [Music] my name is Donald Chuck I just got stabbed really bad the kid just came in
and stabbed me and he stole my car okay okay I just stand up on me okay where did you get stabbed and the next one is
Cushing out and in the chest [Music] okay do you know what he looked like yeah he was probably about 17. White
real skinny curly hair blonde dirty blonde hair a backpack foreign ERS were in drive-through were
approached by a man with no shirt but had a knife in his hands [Music]

Donna Ongsiako was stabbed in her home and left for dead. Her motivation to stay alive? The love for her daughter.

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Brief Summary

Donald Chuck shares his traumatic experience of being stabbed during a robbery and the instinctual drive to survive.

Key points

A Mother's Instinct. A powerful reflection on the protective nature of a mother.
The Attack. A harrowing account of a sudden and violent encounter.
Desperate Call for Help. A chilling moment as a victim calls for assistance after being stabbed.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I just didn't want her to have to.

Expressing a protective instinct for Kirsten.

WatchMay 19, 2023

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