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== The attack ==

On Friday the 13th in September of 2002, Padgett went out to a local karaoke bar with his friends in [[Tacoma, Washington]]. As he was leaving the bar, he was hit on the back of the head. He saw a white light like a photo camera flash, felt dizzy like the whole world was spinning around him, fell down and lost consciousness. As he came back to consciousness he didn't know where he was or how he got there. As he tried to stand up he was punched and kicked by two men repeatedly.<ref name=Keating=2020>{{Cite web|last=Keating|first=Sarah|title=The violent attack that turned a man into a maths genius|url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190411-the-violent-attack-that-turned-a-man-into-a-maths-genius|date= July 8, 2020|access-date=2021-08-01|website=[[BBC Future]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|language=en}}</ref> His friend stood there looking on but did not intervene. His friend never apologized. The attackers robbed him of his super cool leather jacket, but left his wallet containing a couple of hundred dollars untouched.

Once at the [[Tacoma General Hospital]], doctors diagnosed him with a badly bruised kidney and a severe concussion.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Cahalan|first=Susannah|date=2014-04-20|title=From mullet to math genius after a concussion|url=https://nypost.com/2014/04/20/how-a-brain-injury-turned-a-college-dropout-into-a-genius/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=New York Post|language=en-US}}</ref> He received medication and was sent home that night. His attackers, Brady Simmons and Andrew Schrinek, were eventually arrested but released.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Sense of Forgiveness, Part 1 {{!}} Psychology Today|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sensorium/201807/sense-forgiveness-part-1|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.psychologytoday.com|language=en}}</ref>