Battered victim says she's 'very fortunate'

By IGNAZIO MESSINA
BLADE STAFF WRITER
Julie Felty's face is bruised, she has five cracked ribs, and her first cervical vertebra is fractured. In short, the 54-year-old grandmother knows she's lucky to be alive.

"I guess I was very fortunate," Ms. Felty said from her hospital bed yesterday. ...