Alexis Rowan

“and as soon as I felt my neck, I'm like, 'oh my God, I'm going to die.'”

Alexis Rowan · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-25

Alexis Rowan described the moment she felt her neck wound and feared she would die.

“to look at another mountain again,”

Alexis Rowan · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-25

Alexis Rowan told the New York Post about her lingering trauma after the mountain-hike attack.

“I have my kids to go home to.”

Alexis Rowan · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-25

Alexis Rowan told WABC she thought of her children as she fought to survive the attack.

“I was like, oh my God, my neck: I can't die like this, this is not the way,”

Alexis Rowan · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-25

Alexis Rowan described her reaction to being slashed on the neck during a hiking attack in Arizona.

“It was the first person that I've seen in the village, and I said, 'Hey, excuse me, is that the gift shop?'”

Alexis Rowan · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-25

Alexis Rowan recounted her first interaction with the suspect on the Havasupai Indian Reservation hike.

“I kept walking, I went to go in and that's when he just came up from behind,”

Alexis Rowan · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-25

Alexis Rowan described how the suspect attacked her from behind at the reservation village.

“My gut instinct was like, ‘This is not OK. I’m not OK,’”

Alexis Rowan · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-25

Alexis Rowan told the New York Post about her uneasy gut instinct after first encountering the suspect.

“next person may not be as strong, may not be prepared mentally that someone is going to attack them or able to put them in danger.”

Alexis Rowan · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-25

Alexis Rowan warned that a future victim of the attacker might not be as prepared or strong as she was.