Family says SUV driver in biker clash was 'placed in grave danger' by mob

The wife of an SUV driver who police say was beaten after a clash with a swarm of bikers on a New York City highway said Thursday that her husband was “placed in grave danger by a mob of reckless and violent motorcyclists.”
In a statement released through a law firm on behalf of the family, the wife of the driver, Alexian Lien, said that her husband “was forced under the circumstances to take the actions that he did in order to protect the lives of our entire family.”
“We know in our hearts that we could not have done anything differently,” she said.

The highway clash, on Sunday, was recorded and has been viewed about 6 million times on YouTube. Police have said that the bikers chased Lien for 50 blocks before cornering him, smashing his windows, yanking him out and beating him in front of his wife and child.
One of the motorcyclists, Edwin “Jay” Mieses, was run over during the clash. He is in critical condition with a crushed spine and two broken legs and may be paralyzed. He has hired a media-savvy lawyer, Gloria Allred.