On Monday, October 6th, while I was sleeping, a man broke into my apartment through my sliding door. I was woken up by the feeling of my blanket being pulled down, and when I opened my eyes, the man was standing in front of me holding a weapon to my face, demanding cash.

I let the man know that I didn’t have any cash and pleaded with him that he could take whatever he wanted in my apartment. He told me, “Shut the fuck up or I’ll kill you.” He then told me to turn around, which in my head, I thought meant he was just going to leave and exit. He then came up behind me, put me in an uncomfortable position, and proceeded to sexually assault me with his weapon and himself. This continued for about 10 minutes, and he put me in various uncomfortable positions until I was able to reach my phone and dial 911 through my emergency SOS. Dispatch listened to me get assaulted for nine minutes until he finished. He then told me to turn around and wait five minutes before I could do anything. I turned around and waited until I heard the door slam. I proceeded to tell dispatch where I lived, what he looked like, and what happened to me, and then they finally sent police towards me. Police arrived five minutes later.

I can’t live in this apartment, and I know I’m going to have a huge medical bill. I’m asking for some help. I don’t feel safe. Every noise I hear in my apartment makes me jump, and I can’t afford a new apartment right now. I know the medical bills are gonna stack up. I just wanna feel safe again and hopefully I can get to my goals so I can move to a different apartment and hopefully pay off some of the medical bills that I have and start my life over again.