Mount Gambier father Dali Lee suffers head trauma following bashing after trying to help man who threatened suicide
An Australian father of five, who miraculously recovered from “unimaginable” injuries after being cowardly beaten while going to help a man who was attempting suicide, is homeless.
Dali Lee suffered a fractured skull and brain damage on August 19 after responding to screams from a man threatening to jump into a notorious 30-metre cave in Mount Gambier, South Australia.
Mr Lee, whose best friend committed suicide in 2022, was then brutally attacked for unknown reasons by a group of people in the city’s cave gardens.
Danielle Malseed has described her partner Dali Lee (pictured in intensive care), who suffered head trauma after going to help a man threatening suicide, as “the strongest man I know”.
The extent of Mr Lee’s injuries is “unimaginable”, Ms Malseed said, adding that he faced “an uphill battle”. Pictured: Dali Lee with Danielle Malseed and one of their five children
Mr Lee suffered a fractured skull and brain damage on August 19 after responding to screams from a man threatening to jump into a notorious 30 meter cave in Mount Gambier. Pictured: Cave Garden, Mt Gambier
“Some people then came towards him, shouted at him, then attacked him,” said his partner Danielle Malseed. The advertiser.
He remembered waking up face down on the ground, struggling to catch his breath. He managed to walk 500 meters before collapsing again.
Mr Lee was found covered in blood in the Globe Hotel car park and rushed to hospital.
He suffered “several brain bleeds and a fractured skull that left him in intensive care in a coma… (unable) to breathe on his own,” Ms. Malseed posted on a website. fundraising page created to help struggling family afford housing as their medical bills mount.
Ms Malseed described Mr Lee as “the strongest man I know”.
“Doctors have informed us that most individuals do not survive injuries as severe as Dali’s,” she wrote.
“Yet every time he opened his eyes, he expressed his desire to return home to his beloved children.”
Despite his courage, Mr Lee had to quit his previous job as a chef and now spends most of the day resting from severe headaches or rehabilitating.
“The extent of Dali’s injuries is unimaginable,” Ms. Malseed wrote, adding that he faces “an uphill battle.”
He suffers from amnesia, faces severe sensitivity to light and sound, cannot focus on more than one person speaking, and suffers from weakness on the left side of his body.
The family of seven, who had been homeless on and off for three years before the attack, live with Mr Lee’s family.
Mr Lee can no longer work and, being homeless, he has no room to sleep in as he tries to recover from a brain injury.
Although he needs a room to rest, he doesn’t have one.
“He needs to sleep a lot and without a room that’s not possible,” Ms Malseed said. “And we’ve been trying to stay on Airbnb in the meantime to give it some space, but we can’t really afford it anymore.”
“This devastating incident has had a profound impact on our family of seven and the many others who love Dali, we humbly seek your support and generosity to help us through this difficult journey ahead.”
The GoFundMe The page she created has so far raised $4,732 toward a goal of $6,000.
Mr Lee’s alleged assault is being investigated by police.
