Skillings: ‘I was just helping her’

Joseph Skillings, the Adams Elementary teacher who’s recovering from that vicious attack in January, spoke to the media for the first time (watch KOMO video). “I was just helping her,” he said of the attack, when he intervened to help a woman who was being accosted at a Capitol Hill bus stop. Skillings has made incredible progress in his recovery, but his speech is slowly coming back. “I’m working with therapists that are helping me get my… cause my head is a little bit unratched in some areas,” he says, still struggling to get the right words out. “I want to get better and do my job. It’s going to take me a while to get back on board.” Family and friends say they’re organizing a fundraiser and auction on March 16th. More details on that soon. Meanwhile, police have made no arrests in the case.