Mondays with Mayra - Karen Connell Survivor

Last on "Mondays with Mayra," Karen Connell shared how her marriage to the charismatic, brilliant and handsome Michael led her into a marriage filled with the horrendous acts of control and violence. Finally she had had enough and snuck out with her young son. With months in a women's shelter she learned how to survive without him. She found out that he had started  going to AA. Could he possibly perhaps have changed? This question led to her plunging into the darkest part of her life. Michael slashing her throat. But Ward, her little boy, age 6, against his dad, 6'3," saved her from certain death. This is her story and Ward's.Next week, we will meet Karen again and what she has done with her life post-trauma. How she has changed the police and the law to help women and men in situations like she and her little boy experienced.