This woman bravely fought off her attacker

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Warning: Distressing content.   This woman fought off her attacker. Now, she’s sharing her story in hopes that women put in the same situation will report their attacks to police.

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00:00This woman fought off her attacker, and the whole thing was caught on camera.

00:0424-year-old Nishila Alma was in her apartment's gym when she noticed someone at the door.

00:08Because she recognized the man from the apartment complex, she let him in.

00:12Moments later, however, the man approached Alma and attempted to grab her and get her to the ground.

00:16As soon as he was approaching me, I pushed him.

00:19I said, bro, what the F are you doing? Get away from me.

00:22Police have commended her for immediately reporting the incident to authorities.

00:26And within 24 hours of her reaching out, police arrested her attacker, Xavier Thomas-Jones.

00:31The 25-year-old now faces charges of sexual battery, false imprisonment, and kidnapping.

00:36Now, Alma and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office are sharing her story to encourage women

00:41in similar situations to report their attacks to the police.

00:44My advice would be to never give up.

00:46As long as you don't give up, you fight back, you show him that you are strong, that you are one,

00:51that you're able to fight back and survive this and get out of the situation, I believe it's possible.

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