Abigail Maslin talks husband's recovery following assault
Decrease Increase Text size  The wife of a 29-year-old man
severely beaten near Eastern Market is speaking about what
happened to her husband.  Thomas Maslin was found unresponsive
outside a home Saturday morning. Maslin, a solar energy analyst,
went to a Nationals game Friday night and was heading home from
Tune Inn bar on Pennsylvania Avenue around 12:30 a.m.  Maslin,
known to family and friends as "T.C.", was possibly mugged in a
park near Eastern Market. He stumbled down North Carolina
Avenue, knocking on two doors for help. He was found unconscious
on the front porch of a home around 8:30 Saturday morning.
Maslin has undergone two brain surgeries. Tuesday morning, he
made eye contact with his wife, Abigail.  "It was the best
moment of my life...I couldn't have imagined it 48 hours ago,"
Abigail said.  It's been his only communication so far. Abigail,
a fourth grade teacher at Brent Elementary School, says the
couple has a 21-month-old son named