Yikes!
I’m glad you’re okay. Wow!
The first blow hurt and left a nice mark. I was prepared for the second and only got tagged. On his third try I grabbed the pipe, but grabbing it hurt so much that I couldn't maintain my grip and it fell.
He went to back me up against a platform girder but I grabbed him by the throat and spun his head into the girder - while he was stunned I tried to knock him unconscious against the girder but he managed to pull my hands off his neck after a few seconds and took off running.
At that point I was winded and weak and didn't follow very far.
I shouted for someone to stop him. No one moved and one guy laughed at me.
But thanks for the kind words, it could have been much, much worse.
That was one of the three really bad experiences I had on Chicago's South Side.