Thx for that follow-up.
From the cited article ...
... Martinez, 30, thought about driving to a hospital, but she knew she wouldn't make it.
The blood covering her phone made it impossible to dial 911. Eventually she used Siri, the voice assistant, to call for help through her car's Bluetooth speaker.
She spotted a repair shop near 35th and California. Martinez pulled over, ran inside and found help just as consciousness began to slip away. Someone inside the repair shop helped her to a chair and held onto her. She remembers looking out a door.
"I just saw the light getting brighter and brighter," Martinez said. "In my head, I was like, I'm losing this battle.' I wasn't scared. ... I don't know how to explain it. But I wasn't in pain."
Still, she thought, "This is it. I'm done."
"I just closed my eyes," she said. "I could have really died."
But she didn't. Martinez survived. And in a wide-ranging interview this week with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discussed her shooting, the federal government's failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fight for accountability.
Martinez is set to testify in Washington, D.C., in a public forum Tuesday about immigration agents' use of force. She's also expected to learn this week whether a judge will allow her to release evidence tied to her dropped prosecution, including an agent's body-camera footage.
Evidence suggests at least one shot fired at Martinez came from behind, her attorney says. ...
