this morning tammy lawrence daly's chilling account of how she was brutally attacked for hours on vacation in the dominican republic. >> he at that point started choking me, strangling me. >> reporter: the wilmington, delaware wife and mother says in january she and her family spent the day enjoying the five-star majestic elegance all-inclusive resort. that night her solo trip for a snack turned into a fight for her life. >> he just plowed into my back. and i just remember that grunt that he made when he hit me. it's like in my nightmares. >> reporter: daly says her unknown attacker dragged her limp body into a dark crawl space. >> all i could think of was that my husband was going to find me dead with my head bashed in. >> reporter: daly says she fought back. the man took off, leaving her for dead. daly's family frantically searching the grounds for her when she was finally found. >> this was the hardest part, seeing her from the back it didn't look like her. >> reporter: the family calls the dominican police investigation inadequate. no suspect is in custody. daly, who never saw her atta

reliving. >> reporter: tammy lawrence daly on vacation with her husband at the majestic elegance resort republic when she went downtown stairs alone one night in search of a snack. >> i could hear foot follows behind me and before i could turn around, he plowed into the back of me. >> reporter: tammy said the man was wearing a resort uniform. she tried to fight him off but strangled her and lost consciousness. >> when i came to, it was to him beating me, about the head. kicking me and beating me. >> reporter: it was hours before people at the resort found her in an underground crawl space. she was brought to the hospital with severe facial injuries. after months of physical and emotional recovery, she said she is finally sharing her story as a warning to others. >> you just have a feeling fe a feeng of, you know, paradise, but this can happen and it has happened and it will happen again. >> by show of hands, have any o. >> have any of had an i traveli? >> yes. >> we recently sat down with jen ruiz, jean marie campbell and nneya richards. >> i put something on the door just to feel comfo

tammy lawrence daly says she was attacked from behind at an alinclusive resort in the dominican republic. see that detailed on her facebook page how her attacker pulled her into a maintenance roomnond ked her unconscious. her trauma lasted for eight hours before she was found and rushed to the hospital. >> i just rember think willing at that -- thinking at that point i wasn't going to make it home to see my boys and my husband. >> the attack happened back in january. no arrests have been made. lawrence daly says the man was wearing a uniform of the majestic elegance resort. the resort has not issued a comment. nbc's tom costello will have more on the story ahead on "today." >>> new video intour newsroom this morning. d.c. police need help finding suspects in a string of burglaries on macarthur oulevard and wisconsin avenue in northwest. we told you about this yesterday morning. authorities say thieves have been breaking into restaurants between tuesday and wednesday of asis week. the suspects tookfrom the registers and then took off. >>> it's 4:48. tonight you could become a mega million

tammy lawrence daly's story is terrifying.attacker has been caught, but she's speaking out to warn womennd men never let your guard down even when you tnk you're in paradise. >> reporter: it was january, tammy lawrence daly and her husband chris traveled to the dominican republic in search of sand, surf, and sun. instead they walked into a nightmare. tammy says she was violently attacked by a stranger. >> r i justember thinking at that point i wasn't going to make it home. to see my boys and myd. husb that they weren't going to find me. and i remember that last breath i took and then i just went unconscious. >> reporter: this week tammy turned to facebook writing, how do you explain to your kids you were almost killed b some random stranger? she says, she left their room at the majestic elegance resort for a late night snack when a stranger suddenly grabbed her from behind, pulled her into a maintenance room, and began savagely beating her, choking her to the point of passing out. >> when i came to, i came to to himeating me a

tammy lawrence daly said she was tacked from behind at an all-inclusive report in the dominican republicshe detailed on facebook how her attacked pulled her into a maintenance room and knocked her unconscious. her trauma lasted eight hours before she was found and rushed to the hospital. >> i just remember thinking at that point i wasn't going to make it home to see boys and my husband. >> the attack happened back in january. no arrests have been made. lawrence-daly said the man was wearing a uniform of the majestic elegance resort. the resort has not issued a comment. d on "today."will haveah more >>> andood morning, everyone, you're gardening forecast for the weekend, saturday's probably going to be the better day to get outdoor work done. sunday wl be cooler, but it will be cloudy with a chance for showers off and on. and a good thing you can add into your grden if you put out the trumpet or the honeysuckle or the cardinal flower, you tend to encourage hummingbirds to show up in your yard. wouldn't that be fun to watch? the ten-day forecast coming right up. stay with us. r >>> andght