Former Fall River Mayor William Flanagan is sharing his feelings of gratitude after he was attacked last week and survived being stabbed in the neck.

Flanagan posted on social media Tuesday morning and revealed what he experienced.

“I came face to face with death. A man, lost in psychosis, stabbed me multiple times — in my face, in my body, and in my neck,” Flanagan explained. “I can still feel the weight of those moments. The sound. The fear. The realization that I might never see my family again.”

The former mayor credited first responders, his doctors and nurses with saving his life. “Thank you for being angels on Earth,” he wrote.

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