An 81-year-old was walking her dog in the upper west side of New York City on Friday when a man wearing all black randomly punched her, causing her to fall and hit her face.

She was accompanied by her family and her dog, Bruce, who she was walking when the lightning strike derailed her life.

A woman with a phobia of dogs has raised money for a canine charity by facing another fear - wing walking. Lucy Sladen, from Romney Marsh, braved the challenge in aid of her employer's sponsored charity,