Lisa Evers

Lisa Evers (formerly Lisa Sliwa) (born June 15, 1953) is an American general assignment reporter for FOX 5 News, host of the Street Soldiers with Lisa Evers television and radio show in New York City, a former high-ranking Guardian Angel, and a long-time community volunteer for urban, youth and children's charities.

Early life and education Evers grew up in Hinsdale, Illinois.

Guardian Angels Evers was once vice-president of the Guardian Angels, a volunteer crime-fighting organization. At that time she was married to its founder, Curtis Sliwa; was known as Lisa Sliwa; and worked as a model with Elite Model Management in New York City and Paris. With Sliwa, she co-hosted a talk radio show on WABC-AM in New York City that ended shortly before their divorce.

In 1983, Evers was beaten up by three men, in their 20's and 30's, in her Manhattan office. According to her then-husband, the men pinned her arms and punched her in the stomach. They also attempted to rape her, but were unsuccessful, fleeing after she punched one in the groin.

As a Guardian Angel, Evers was also arrested during her patrols, and once was charged for disturbing the peace and obstructing justice, after refusing to obey a police officer's commands to leave a subway car.

In the 1980s, Evers briefly attempted to become a professional wrestler and joined the World Wrestling Federation. She appeared on Tuesday Night Titans in 1985 and demonstrated several self-defense holds.

Evers once trained with The Fabulous Moolah.

Personal life Evers married her former husband, Curtis Sliwa, on Christmas Eve 1981. They later divorced.

Charitable work With the support of FOX 5 and HOT 97, Evers led a drive that brought a truckload of new clothes, sneakers, and toys to survivors of Hurricane Katrina. More recently, along with the Hip Hop Has Heart Foundation, she helped organize a major relief effort in the Rockaways, following Super Storm Sandy.

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