Donna Ongsiako, left for dead, survived a violent home invasion: “There’s no earthly reason why I’m alive. None.”

Tiny Colts Neck, New Jersey, sits just 50 miles from New York City. But it might as well be a world away. In July 2013, this quiet community was rocked by news of a violent home invasion where the victim was stabbed repeatedly. The only thing more shocking: the victim survived.

Donna Ongsiako: My name is Donna Ongsiako. … I lost in total, close to three quarters of the blood in my body. There’s no earthly reason why I’m alive. None.

Jim Axelrod: If I had asked you at the time to give me a list of 100 things you’re worried about, where would have home invasion been?

Donna Ongsiako: Oh, no. Never.

Donna worked for a company that brokered fuel for ships on the nearby Jersey shore. She and her daughter Kiersten lived in a farmhouse on the edge of…