ROCKY RIVER, Ohio — A 24-year-old woman is recovering after she says she was attacked during a long run at Rocky River Reservation .

The woman was on a 20-mile run when she called 911, telling dispatchers, "I was just strangled."

At one point in the call, she pleaded for help, saying: "I need someone now. I'm scared. I'm by myself. Please hurry."

She told dispatchers she was grabbed from behind and knocked unconscious. "Some random man came up behind me. I think I passed out," she said. "He was in a black hoodie. I don't know, he came up behind me."

The runner added that she woke up bloodied and disoriented, struggling to use her phone.

"My phone's not working; it's all covered in blood," she told 911. "My nose, my lip. Please, somebody."

Metroparks Police has not confirmed a suspe

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