After taking a different path from the route he usually runs on Saturdays, Marc Miramontes came across the grisly sight of two large dogs attacking a fallen man along the trail at Harbison State Forest.
Grabbing a stick and yelling, he moved toward the animals as they circled around Winston Holliday, a 57-year-old federal prosecutor who was bleeding heavily from gaping wounds. Luckily, Miramontes’ arrival caused the dogs, believed to be pit bulls, to abandon the attack that Holliday said could have killed him.
This week, Miramontes, 59, said it was a scary situation, but one he could not ignore….