The attack left Jacob, now 17, needing surgery, more than 300 stitches, including 74 on his face, and facing plastic surgery and re-evaluating his professional basketball aspirations. Jacob told the Bay of Plenty Times that this attack came "completely out the blue". A gutsy Jacob Van Lieshout in Tauranga Hospital's intensive care unit. Tomas Sanchez has been jailed for four years after a vicious knife attack. Determined to move on from the attack, Jacob has not given up on his dream just yet.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 07, 2020 17:03 UTC