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A New York City woman was slashed in the neck and repeatedly punched in a violent attack by a convicted felon during a birthday hiking trip in Arizona last week.<\/p>\n

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Alexis Rowan, 27, was attacked by a local tribe member she had asked for directions after she completed 8 miles of a 10-mile hike on the Havasupai Reservation in The Grand Canyon State last Wednesday, ABC7 reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd as soon as I felt my neck, I\u2019m like, \u2018oh my God, I\u2019m going to die,’\u201d Rowan recalled of Havasupai tribe member Taylor Nardo Paya, 29, attacking her from behind after she approached him for directions to the gift shop. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, oh my God, my neck. I can\u2019t die like this, this is not the way,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I was like, I have my kids to go home to,\u201d the 27-year-old mother added.<\/p>\n

The violent attack, in which Rowan was slashed in the neck and repeatedly punched, was caught on a Ring camera nearby.<\/p>\n

In the footage, Paya is seen attempting to drag the 27-year-old mother away after she fell to the ground. <\/p>\n

After the brutal assault, Rowan required 10 stitches in her neck and three stitches on her left hand.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old\u2019s mother, Tricia Rowan, shared about the \u201csenseless, unnecessary act of violence\u201d on a Havasupai Falls Facebook group on Aug. 15. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a vicious, violent UNPROVOKED attack that almost took my daughter\u2019s life!,\u201d Tricia wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTaylor Paya slit her throat, punched her repeatedly, pulled her hair, threw her to the ground & tried dragging her to who knows where!\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThankfully my daughter is a warrior & FOUGHT for HER LIFE! Screaming for help & begging for her life!,\u201d Tricia added.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, a woman nearby heard Rowan\u2019s cries for help and welcomed her inside her home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just so grateful for the woman that opened the door that heard her screams, it\u2019s something you can never unhear,\u201d Tricia told ABC7.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd she\u2019s a fighter. She fought to make sure she\u2019s coming home to her babies and she\u2019s my baby,\u201d Tricia added. \u201cSo I\u2019m so glad she made it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old Havasupai tribe member \u2014 who has been previously convicted for robbery \u2014 was tracked down and arrested the following day after Reservation police pinged Rowan\u2019s stolen cell phone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As the alleged attack on Rowan took place on tribal land, Paya faces a federal charge of assault with deadly weapons, FOX10 reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Court documents obtained by the outlet show that in Dec. 2015, Paya robbed a woman outside a home where she was staying and admitted to ripping off several layers of the victim\u2019s clothing before throwing her to the ground and punching her in the face and side.<\/p>\n

Paya pleaded guilty in Sept. 2016 and received a 5-year prison sentence as well as being ordered to undergo sex offender treatment and counseling, the outlet reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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