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Article: Mute Youth Couldn't Scream For Help as Pit Bulls Attacked; Teenager Had Taken Care of the Dogs Before, Owner Says
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 19, 2001
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Elijah Campbell couldn't yell for help.
When two pit bulls attacked the 13-year-old Sunday, he was tending
to the dogs to help a family friend. The youth, who is deaf and mute,
often helped take care of the dogs after dropping by Aaron Harris's
business, Black Enque Tattoo & Piercings on Capitol Hill.
Harris, who owned the four pit bulls that lived in a pen behind
his parlor, said he left Elijah alone with the dogs for a few minutes
and was horrified to find the youth bruised and bloody on his return.
A police officer later saw one dog with the boy's ear.
Elijah remained in critical condition yesterday at Children's
Hospital. Reports that surgeons had reattached the boy's ear could
not be ...
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