Man slept for ten hours unaware of knife stuck in his back

RO Man sleeps
soundly with
knife stuck in
his back ............man slept soundly for about 10
hours until he awoke with a peculiar pain —
from a knife in his back. The 42-year-old Trenton man didn’t know
what was wrong until his brother identified
the problem. “His brother said he had a knife blade
protruding from his back,” said Lt. Mark
Kieffer, a Trenton police spokesman. The victim, who was not identified, had been
stabbed during a fight on his porch, Kieffer
said. The fight started around 2 a.m. Sunday,
when the victim, who had been drinking,
stepped out for a cigarette. While he smoked, another man approached
and asked for a light. When the victim
refused, an argument broke out and
escalated into a fight, Kieffer said. The victim thought he had won because the
other man ran away. “He said, ‘I’m not chasing after the guy,’ ”
Kieffer said. Cops were called to the victim’s house, where
they confirmed there was a 5-inch blade stuck
in his back. The type of knife was not immediately
known, police said. He was taken to a hospital, where the knife
was removed. The victim is expected to
survive his injuries and could be released
from the hospital soon. Cops said he was uncooperative with
detectives. There have been no arrests.