he may be down but he is not out for dog attack victim joseph finley we heard from him the first time today. >> in my mind survive survive you have to survive >> survive echoes through the mind for years. family early morning jog joseph finley early morning jog rainbow beach park on the south shore >> i remember the dogs coming at me. constantly. gang again and biting and tearing and poland. they work by dig my body like i was a hamburger. all i remember is the last effort to survive by hitting the dog as hard as i could to keep it from my throat. that is when i started calling out for help. >> good samaritan heard his calls and ran for help kitten get the dogs with a baseball bat. officers showed up shooting and killing the animals. doctors who worked on joseph finley @ hospital say even though the attack claimed the part of his left leg and partial use of an arm his spirit is what they believe has gotten so far so quickly. >> he is doing it very well a tribute to how strong of an individual he is. >> ultimate colp rehabilitation his hobby of running which he took up 10 years ago wil

old brother was struck in south shore neighborhood to pit bulls came out of nowhere attacking joseph finleyhis morning run. >> two dogs almost killed my brother >> rainbow beach stand lee lee heard the screams and grab a bat and read to help joseph finley off the docks police showed up at shot and killed the animal cell gregory finley as his brother would not be alive if not for such heroic efforts made a point of talking to stanley today >> told them how grateful and thankful i was that he actually risk his life to try to save my brother's life and to me he is a hero he is an angel somebody left a gate opened at his home animal escaped issued four citations failing to restrain and registered his pet. at first to second ward alderman bob fioretti to add to ban the breed one with violent reputation soft approach after numerous and recalls to the office >> enhanced penalties easy solution for anybody >> as for the victim through surgery badly damaged left leg but continues to improve that is all his brother would share about the condition doctors focused on recovery >> earlier on wgn televisi