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Now he is appealing for help to find his attacker, who is still on the run weeks after the Queen Street incident.
Mackenzie’s memory of the terrifying attack is fragmented.
He knows he was on his way home and thinks it was about 5:30 p.m.
“Friday the 10th, if, if that’s the day, it was a normal business day in the city,” he told 9News.
“I have memories of either waiting in line for a taxi or waiting in line for a bus.”
He was one of the thousands of city workers who littered the streets of the CBD, but without rhyme or reason he was the one two young thugs set out to find.
“You know, I’m a 52-year-old man in a business shirt and trousers … with a computer backpack over my shoulder, walking down the street,” he said.
His partner Sarah Robbins was horrified when her phone rang.
“He called me and FaceTimed me and said he was attacked and then his phone went dead,” she recalled.
“People die from one punch.”
Mackenzie was treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to hospital before being discharged early the next morning.
In the days after that things went from bad to worse – there was dizziness and pain.
And a week after the impact, he suffered a fall at home.
“It was the scariest medical episode and day of my life,” he said.
Mackenzie is now recovering from her physical injuries, but there is also an emotional impact from what happened that night.
He doesn’t know if he’ll ever feel safe walking the streets of the city again.
“All the ladies who have to work in the city and I now understand how they can feel intimidated walking down certain streets and at certain hours.”
What makes him feel more insecure is the fact that his attackers are still out there.
The police are investigating. They hope security vision from nearby businesses will help fill in the gaps in Mackenzie’s memory.
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