well, the aforementioned heidi damon now joins us exclusively. good morning.t gave you the courage to so publicly confront your attacker? >> i think the desire to want to help other people that might not be as able to come out and talk about difficult things. >> but what made you able? i mean because so many people who have been attacked, especially women, will not want to be identified especially when there is an attempted rape. >> i felt that if i didn't come out and put my name out there that it would just be another case of someone almost murdered, almost raped, and that it would just kind of be another story that passes by. that if i actually put an identity that i'm a person, that i've given to my community, that i've lived a life, that he almost took an actual life, that people would take it a little bit more seriously. i always use branding as a part of my explanation that, a lot of people remember brands or names or -- like the "today" show. but if i were just to go by jane doe, which i did for 2 1/2 years up to this point, i think people would be mor

. >> facing her attacker inside this tampa courtroom -- >> my name is heidi elizabeth damon.forever. >> reporter: and not holding back. >> i survived! you have simply victimized yourself. i will be free for the rest of my life. you will be a prisoner for the rest of yours. >> reporter: heidi damon personally deliver ad message to cooper on the day he was sentenced for trying to rape and kill her. >> i am not a victim. i am the victor. the stronger and the winner. >> reporter: it has been two years since damon was brutality attacked during the day in this parking garage while walking to her car. damon testified cooper grabbed her from behind while she was talking on her cell phone. choked her and caused her to pass out. when she came to, her pants and underwear had been removed. and she was bruised and her eyes remained bloodied for weeks afterwards. >> tell me your name. >> reporter: prosecutors say her assailant, just 16 years old at the time of his arrest, and much heavier, likely got scared when she lost consciousness and fled. >> you did this horrible thing to me and you

and be able to go to the authorities, if they're in a bad position. >> that is heidi damon.ants everybody to know who she is and encourage other people who are attempted rape victims or rape victims to come forward and show their face. and kind of take the shame away from it. she blacked out because he choked her so hard. and she was able to survive, and make it through. >> so many women that go through that are so afraid to show their image. because they're so embarrassed. and she is facing it and she's in a way, setting the example for other women to do the same. >> what makes me so sick about this video, is the, that man's face. while she's talking to him. >> he's indifferent. >> a smug little look on his punk face. >> i don't care what you're saying. >> it's so obvious that he's just a pure coward. >> he is now 18 years old. when he did this, he was younger. you're talking a young man whose life is gone because of his callousness, and he got what he deserved. >> i will be free for the rest of my life. you will be a prisoner for the rest of yours. >>> over the weekend, so

. >> my name is heidi elizabeth damon. i have a name. i have a name that will go on forever. >> not holding back. >> i survived! you have simply victimized yourself. i will be free for the rest of my life. you will be a prison for the rest of yours. >> reporter: heidi personally delivered a message to him on the day he was sentenced for trying to rape and kill her. >> i am not a victim, i am a victor. the stronger and the winner. >> it's been two years since she was attacked during the day in this parking garage while walking to her car. she testified cooper grabbed her from behind wall talking on her cell phone, choked her and caused her to pass out. when she came to, her pants and underwear were removed. she was bruised and eyes remained bloody for weeks afterwards. prosecutors say the assailant just 16 years old at the time of the arrest likely got scared when she lost consciousness and fled. >> you did horrible things to me and you allowed yourself to go to the dark side. well, you know what? you had a choice. >> confronting her atta