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   From: benghazi@hillaryclinton.com   
      
   The driver of an SUV involved in a bloody weekend confrontation with a   
   throng of motorcyclists was put in grave danger and feared for the life of   
   his family when he drove through the crowd, striking a biker on the   
   street, his wife said Thursday.   
      
   Rosalyn Ng said in a statement that she and her husband, Alexian Lien, had   
   been planning to celebrate their wedding anniversary with their 2-year-old   
   daughter on Sunday afternoon, but instead they were swarmed by a   
   motorcycle rally on Manhattan's West Side Highway.   
      
   Dozens of bikers rode alongside the couple's black Range Rover until a   
   biker slowed down and the vehicles bumped, police said. Video captured at   
   the scene shows the SUV surrounded by dozens of helmeted riders. One   
   approaches the vehicle and peers into the driver's side window. Police   
   said others tried to damage the SUV before Lien takes off, plowing over a   
   rider. The bikers give chase and Lien is eventually stopped, pulled from   
   the SUV and beaten, police said. He required stitches.   
      
   "We were faced with a life-threatening situation, and my husband was   
   forced under the circumstances to take the actions that he did in order to   
   protect the lives of our entire family," Ng said.   
      
   She said her family's sympathies went out to the injured rider, 32-year-   
   old Edwin Mieses Jr., who broke both legs and suffered spinal injuries   
   that may leave him paralyzed — but there was no other option than to flee.   
      
   "Our fear for our lives was confirmed when the incident ended with the   
   ruthless and brutal attack on my husband, me, and, most importantly, our   
   2-year-old child," Ng said. "We know in our hearts that we could not have   
   done anything differently, and we believe that anyone faced with this sort   
   of grave danger would have taken the same course of action in order to   
   protect their family."   
      
   Mieses' friends and family held a rally for him Wednesday evening outside   
   of St. Luke's-Roosevelt hospital and have said that the Lawrence, Mass.-   
   resident, known as Jay Meezee, is the true victim. Jaime Reyes said his   
   friend was doing well, all things considered.   
      
   "Hopefully I get to see him walk again and ride again and share special   
   moments with him again," he said. "But for right now, we're all just   
   praying for him and thinking positive that he's going to pull through and   
   make it through this."   
      
   Mieses was recently arrested in Andover, Mass., for driving with a revoked   
   license. According to police and records with the Massachusetts Registry   
   of Motor Vehicles, Mieses hasn't had a valid license or permit to drive in   
   the state since 1999. He also never applied for a motorcycle license.   
      
   The records show that in June he was named a habitual offender and his   
   right to drive in the state was revoked until 2017. It isn't clear if he   
   had been licensed in any other state. His attorney had no comment.   
      
   Mieses and the others seen on the video were participating in a periodic   
   rally in which more than 1,000 bikers head for Times Square, police have   
   said. There were dozens of calls about reckless driving, 15 other arrests   
   and 55 motorcycles confiscated.   
      
   The Manhattan district attorney's office has charged one rider, 28-year-   
   old Christopher Cruz, of Passaic, N.J., with unlawful imprisonment and   
   reckless driving while authorities continue to search for other cyclists.   
      
   Investigators and prosecutors, who held off charging another person, are   
   tracking down and talking to dozens of helmet-clad motorcyclists seen in   
   the video, which was posted online. The video shows only the chase and   
   Lien's window getting smashed; the assault is not captured.   
      
   http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ny-suv-drivers-wife-grave-danger-   
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