«Breaking News» How Lorena Bobbitt cutting off her husband's penis became the biggest story of the decade

It has been 25 years since John Bobbitt was infamously attacked by his wife, who sliced off his penis with a kitchen knife as he lay sleeping in bed.

The Shakespearean tragedy that gripped the nation in 1993 and made international headlines is now being revisited in a two hour special with ABC 20/20 set to air tonight on ABC.

Bobbitt, 51, speaks out about the savage attack by his wife Lorena in Manassas, Virginia, for the show as family members and the media describe the hysteria which surrounded the shocking assault. 

Television host Maury Povich tells the show: 'It touches every single Shakespearean theme. Love, lust, betrayal, conflict, drama. This had it all, including violence.'   

Contributing editor of Vanity Fair, Lili Anolik, tells the special: 'Initially the story was local news. Kind of like a freak occurrence but it became a sensation and quickly.

'The public couldn't get enough.' 

The Bobbitts are seen above on their wedding day in photos to be aired on the ABC 20/20 special this evening

Bobbitt, 51, speaks out about the savage attack on his male member in Manassas, Virginia, for the show. The couple are seen on their wedding day above

John Bobbitt's brother, Brett Biro, tells 20/20: 'This was the story that everybody was on. There was someone taking pictures, trying to interview somebody, trying to go by my mom and dad's house. Everybody wanted to talk to John, everybody wanted to talk to Lorena.' 

In the special Bobbitt tells how how woke up to find his penis severed. 'It was a nightmare,' he said.

'I cleared my thoughts, applied pressure. I went to wake my friend up to tell him to get me to the hospital.' 

Bobbitt, a former Marine, recalled that he remained as calm as he could under the circumstances, but that the friend who drove him to the hospital was 'going crazy' and screaming as soon as he saw the blood and realized what had happened. 

John Bobbitt's brother, Brett Biro, tells the show: 'This was the story that everybody was on. There was someone taking pictures, trying to interview somebody, trying to go by my mom and dad's house. Everybody wanted to talk to John, everybody wanted to talk to Lorena'

In the special Bobbitt tells how how woke up to find his penis severed. 'It was a nightmare,' he said

Lorena is seen center in a clip from the show which describes the hysteria surrounding the case

Bobbitt, 51, spoke out about the savage 1993 attack on his male member in Manassas, Virginia

At the emergency room, doctors saw the blood on his hands and initially thought he had cut his hands or wrists - not realizing the truth was far worse. 

'Walking into the hospital, the doctor is - you know - looking at me, [and says] "show me your wrist,"' Bobbitt said.

When the sheet covering Bobbit's injured nether regions fell away to reveal the damage, the doctor's 'jaw dropped', he said.

The special episode also includes an interview with urologist Dr. James Sehn, who was asleep at home when he got the emergency call to report to the hospital.

'Really all I knew about this on the way into the hospital was that a penis had been amputated and the organ was missing,' Sehn said. 

Lorena Bobbitt is seen leaving court in 1993. She severed her husband's penis as he slept, claiming it was retaliation for physical and sexual abuse

The knife Lorena used to sever John Bobbitt's male member is seen in an evidence photo

Lorena had fled the scene holding her husband's severed member, which she tossed into a field from the window of a Mercury Capri.

Cops scoured the area and recovered the organ, which they placed in a hot dog box filled with ice and rushed to the hospital.

After a marathon nine-hour operation, doctors managed to reattach the severed member - successfully enough that Bobbitt later famously starred in several porn films to demonstrate his restored functionality.

'It's normal now,' Bobbitt told ABC. 'I don't want to mess with it… it's been through the wringer.' 

Lorena Bobbitt, who now goes by her maiden name Lorena Gallo, claimed that her husband had sexually and physically abused her.

Lorena was acquitted of criminal liability in the attack by reason of temporary insanity

She now goes by her maiden name Lorena Gallo and runs a charity to fight domestic violence

'I didn't want to teach him a lesson,' she said of the attack in an interview with Vanity Fair in August. 'No, it was survival. Life and death. I was fearing for my life.' 

Lorena was acquitted of criminal liability in the attack by reason of temporary insanity.

She served 45 days in a mental institution and now runs a charity to address domestic violence.

'I couldn't believe it, how could someone get away with it,' John Bobbitt told ABC News. 

In a separate trial, John Bobbitt was acquitted of raping Lorena.

The two-hour ABC News 20/20 special, 'The Bobbitts: Love Hurts', airs on tonight at 9pm ET on ABC. 

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