FORT LAUDERDALE — CBS News Miami is hearing from the 73-year-old man who is recovering after he was brutally beaten when he walked into his home while a thief was ransacking his place over the weekend.
His name is Norm and he lives by himself. He told CBS News Miami that he was in pain, he was pretty banged up but he’s lucky to be alive.
Norm said he stepped out of his condo at Leisure Beach South on Banyan Street to take out the trash on Friday night just before 10 p.m. when he encountered a strange man as he walked out of the building. He told CBS News Miami that when he came back inside his home, that man — identified as 48-year-old Joseph Soini — was inside…