Salman Rushdie’s message to his assailant: “Our lives touched each other for an instant and then separated. Mine has improved since that day, while yours has deteriorated.” In 2022, at a literary event in Chautauqua, New York, he was attacked by a knife-wielding assailant. Rushdie was stabbed 15 times and nearly died. He lost his right eye in the attack. #salmanrushdie #author #survivor