‘Never give up a fight’: NYC mom shows her kids 5, 7 the scars from neck-slash attack as lesson in survival

Alexis Rowan, 27, is just a week removed from having survived a fight for her life – the stitches only now out and a healing scar to last forever like the nightmare she will never forget – but she is now more resolved than ever to live as an example of strength for her children she begged to be able to come home to see.

It was the fight over flight she learned from her mother, Tricia Rowan, a self-described descendant of boxing legacy.

"Get your daughter in MMA," Tricia Rowan, told Fox News Digital in an interview Wednesday.

"That's what I'm signing my grandkids up for this fall." NYC MOM SURVIVES NECK-SLASH ATTACK ON HIKING TRIP IN ARIZONA: 'I CAN’T DIE LIKE THIS' Her daughter, Alexis, survived a death-defying, neck-slashing attack Wednesday, Aug.

19, in northern Arizona's Havasupai Indian Reservation, and they are using the moment to warn women, Americans, and even their kids/grandkids (5 and 7) of what "literal screaming for your life is; that is what fighting for your life" truly sounds like.

"She is a true example of what it means to make the noise so someone comes to your rescue," Tricia Rowan said.

"Never just take anything laying down, like scream, fight, and she did it.

She's a warrior." WITNESSES RECOUNT 'SCARY' NYC STABBING AFTER SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY YELLED 'ALLAHU AKBAR' DURING ATTACKS Alexis Rowan admitted she needed nearly a week to rehear and rewatch the attack recorded on a nearby Ring camera, but she is resolute in using the moment now and not shielded her young children from the scars left by the shocking Arizona hiking-trail attack that nearly took her life.

"It's, you know, right there – and especially before like I had all the stitches in it," Alexis Rowan said.

"So, of course, they look at me and it's the first thing they see." THREE SCHOOL SAFETY STEPS EVERY PARENT SHOULD KNOW BEFORE CLASSES BEGIN "I like my kids to be aware like just like I was always raised: You have to be aware of your surroundings; I'm not going to sit and lie to them because things like this does happen in life.

"You see it on the news, you see anything, 'oh my God, that can never happen.' No, it could happen, so I always tell my kids: You have to pay attention.

JO FROST CALLS OUT MODERN PARENTING MISTAKES SHE SAYS ARE ROBBING CHILDREN OF BASIC LIFE SKILLS "Living in New York City, always be aware, like pay attention from everywhere.

Just be aware.

"Even though, yes, they are little," she continued, "but they need to be aware that things like this can happen.