The two students said they yelled loudly, but were unsuccessful in capturing the attention of bystanders in the courtyard until William Duarte, the security guard on duty, responded.
When I saw the tug-of-war, I yelled, 'Hey,' and the assailants fled behind the JCR," Duarte said.
The two victims said they ran into the tower and called HUPD. The police logged the call at 6:53 p.m.
Duarte said he ran towards the tower, where a student told him that an assailant was fleeing out the entrance of the courtyard.
Duarte said he rushed to the entrance, but could only catch a glimpse of one assailant fleeing down Cowperthwaite St. toward Leverett House.
"He had a sixty-to- eighty yard lead on me," Duarte said.
At least one of the assailants escaped over the back fence of Mather House onto Flag St., Duarte said.
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