One-punch victim Jake Stephenson is feeling `very, very lucky' just 48 hours after being placed in a coma following the latest ugly attack on Sydney's streets.
Mr Stephenson's alleged attacker on Sunday morning in Bondi, a 32-year-old from Sydney's south east, has been charged with recklessly causing grievous bodily harm.
But unlike Thomas Kelly and Daniel Christie, who died from alleged one-punch attacks, Mr Stephenson has made a remarkable turn around.
He emerged from a coma on Sunday and by Monday was at home in Nowra on the NSW south coast.
"I'm feeling very, very lucky," he told Network 10.
"It is just amazing the doctors and how they can keep you going."
Mr Stephenson had allegedly been in an argument with a 32-year-old man outside the Oporto food outlet on Campbell Parade in Bondi early on Sunday.
Moments later he was hit in the back of the head, before hitting his head on the concrete.
It's alleged his attacker kicked Jake in the chest before fleeing.
Mr Stephenson was placed in an induced coma in hospital after he was admitted in a critical condition.
However he has made a steady recovery and has since been released.
Mr Stephenson's alleged attacker was granted bail to appear in Waverley Local Court next month.
The assault occurred in almost the same spot as where Michael McEwen was attacked last December.
Mr McEwen spent eight days in an induced coma and had part of his skull removed.
Mr Stephenson's father, Greg said he felt for the other families who had gone through what he had.
"It was pretty horrendous, you don't want to go through it," he said.
"I don't know why you have to hit someone so hard or keep punching them while they are on the ground.
"If that sort of stuff keeps going, there is going to be a lot of people in a lot of pain."
Professor Gordian Fulde of St Vincent's Hospital blamed alcohol as the trigger behind the violent attacks.
"I'm really frightened we're going back to our bad old habits," the emergency department director told the Seven Network.
"(It's) purely people who have drunk too much. People get enraged about nothing, they're hitting people.
"It's unacceptable."
