Richard I Beattie

I was living with my sister next door to her parents.

His name is Dick Beattie, and he really liked Dana.

She's kind, she's strong.

As you get to know her, it's, it's really kind of a, almost like a velvet hammer.

It was a big gesture, and it sparked a relationship, one where Dana felt safe.

In January of 1992, two and a half years after the attack, Dana took a giant step toward the life she wanted.

She married Dick Beattie.

For that man to actively choose to wanna walk into a marriage and a relationship that he knew was gonna be no picnic because of the damage that had been caused to me-