Alexis Rowan

“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.

“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.

“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.

“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.

“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.

“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.

“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.

“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.