Cops search for pit bull that attacked Queens man: 'There was blood everywhere'

Frank Rescigno, 37, said he had just left his home on 225th St. in Oakland Gardens about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday when his neighbor's canine lunged at him and tackled him on the sidewalk.

"The next thing I know, this pit bull is tearing apart the back of my leg," said Rescigno, a paralegal. "It ripped the skin off my leg. Then it latched onto my arm. There was blood everywhere."

Rescigno was taken to North Shore-Long Island Jewish Medical Center, where he needed more than 200 stitches.

But when cops went to the owner's home, no one would open the door. Police later gained entry, but the tan dog, Blue, was nowhere to be found.