Lincoln Square stabbing victim concerned for others as his attacker remains at large

The gazebo where Nicholas Blanke was stabbed Wednesday was blocked off by police tape on Sunday. He says he “lucked out” that his injuries were not severe. (Nicholas Blanke)

Nicholas Blanke, 39, was “dozing off” about 3 a.m. Wednesday in the gazebo at Welles Park on the Northwest Side when he felt a stinging in his hand and saw blood.

“The guy had tried to stab me where my heart is,” Blanke told the Sun-Times on Sunday. “Because of the way that I was sleeping, my hands were on my chest and my left hand was covering my heart, so he stabbed my left hand.”