Carol Mosley Braun Attacked, rescued by two students...

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Carol Moseley Braun attacked, injured on South Side

By Johnathon E. Briggs and Matthew Walberg
Tribune staff reporters
Published April 28, 2007, 7:05 PM CDT
Two University of Chicago students were credited with thwarting a robbery attempt of former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun on the South Side Friday night.

Braun was attacked and injured shortly before midnight outside her Hyde Park home in the 1200 block of E. 56th St., according to police and eyewitnesses.

Rachel McFadden, 19, and Zachary Trayes-Gibson, 21, both biology students, were heading to a party when they heard a woman scream. McFadden rushed to Braun's aid and Trayes-Gibson chased the would-be robber away.

"We just looked at each other and started running toward her," McFadden recalled Saturday, hours after the couple helped Braun survive what police described as an attempted robbery. "There were no second thoughts."

Braun, the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate and one-time presidential hopeful, had just returned from downtown where she had seen the play "Wicked" with a family member.

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taken from:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070428braun-story,1,4057590.story?coll=chi-news-hed

Cross posted in African American issues group

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