A.J. Martin, one of four survivors in the Apple River stabbings, said when he approached the chaos on the river, he sought to stop the altercation, citing his experience breaking up fights while working at elementary schools.
He said he was trying to keep Miu down in the water before Miu reached up and “got me with the knife.”
“The most apparent thing obviously was that my stomach was open and my intestines were in my hands,” Martin said.