Pit bulls are dangerous dogs...they're docile until something snaps.

Police: Pit Bull Attack Leaves 96-Year-Old Woman Critically Injured

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — An elderly woman is in critical condition following a pit bull attack in Germantown.

Police tell CBS 3 that they responded to a person screaming on the 5800 block of Brush Road.

When they arrived on the scene, they found a 96-year-old woman with multiple dog bites to her head and face. She was transported to Einstein Medical Center and is in extremely critical condition.

A neighbor tells CBS 3 that two pit bulls attacked the woman and that her husband took a broom to get the dogs away.

The pit bulls, aged 3 and 10, were taken away.