Homeless shelter employee starting to speak again after being attacked with machete WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

ATHENS, Ga. — An Athens man who survived a machete attack spoke for the first time publicly Friday from his hospital room at Grady Memorial Hospital.

Chris Sullens, 53, is regaining his ability to speak.

When asked how he was feeling Sullens said, “Much, much better.”

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Sullens has worked in the homeless community for more than a decade. He was at Advantage Homeless Day Center where he works to help people get jobs and housing when police said Cedric Smith began hitting him in the head with the weapon in the parking lot on June 20.

Police arrested Smith in minutes. Criminal records show he was out on probation when the attack happened. He was serving prison time for cutting a man in the neck with a razor blade. In 2013, he threatened a woman with a knife on an Athens sidewalk, according to court records.

Channel 2′s Courtney Francisco has followed Sullens’ story since it first happened.

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