Women who were attacked helped by Downtown Austin Alliance Safety team [Video]

AUSTIN, Texas – Two women jogging earlier this month were attacked by a woman with a knife. They sought help from a Downtown Austin Alliance Safety member. This is a new program in Austin and advocates said it’s needed.

Just four months up and running, the Downtown Austin Alliance Safety team is credited for helping two women who were being attacked.

On August 3rd at around 7:30 a.m., two women said they were running in Downtown Austin, stopped on Congress for water, and a woman with a knife came out of nowhere, towards them, and said things they couldn’t understand.

Court documents said the woman was making aggressive stabbing motions in the direction of the joggers and came within feet of hurting them.

The women said they hopped over a short fence, yelled in fear for their lives, ran to the other side of the street, and went to a Downtown Austin Alliance Safety Team …