October 10, 2002

First Day of American Border Patrol Reporting Hereford, AZ - Oct. 10 -- A young American was attacked by two illegal aliens in a school parking lot just north of the Mexican border Tuesday evening. Tyler Goodman had stopped at the school at 7:30 p.m. to get water for his overheating car when a Mexican knocked him to the ground and started choking him. Only the arrival a school janitor saved him from being killed. The Mexicans stole his car. It was later recovered when the Border Patrol stopped the Mexicans at a checkpoint. Sierra Vista Herald Article (Link will expire or change soon) Reader Comment on Sierra Vista Herald Article Following the attack, Tyler was taken to a nearby church where he told his story to an off-duty Border Patrol Agent who reported the incident to various Border Patrol offices. The suspects were apprehended at the Border Patrol checkpoint on State Hwy. 90, north of Sierra Vista. A total of 5 Mexicans were arrested, 3 having joined the pair that attacked Goodman. Watch  The American Border Patrol Story Californians: Tell Simon to revive prop. 187 to win election