YOUR A COWARD by L Chilcote

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Though he has a bloody scab on his head and says his body hurts from head to toe, the 71-year-old man beaten at a Gresham light-rail platform this month says he was very lucky to survive the attack.

At a press conference at OHSU hospital today, Laurie Lee Chilcote of Sandy called his attacker a coward and blamed TriMet for shoddy security on its light-rail system.

Chilcote's attorney Larry Sokol says if TriMet makes the light-rail system safer for drivers and passengers, then at least something positive will have come from the vicious attack.