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Suicide Bomb Survivors Face Worlds Blown Apart


(Washington Post) Keith B. Richburg - Two years ago, Alona Shaportova, 17, and a friend were at Tel Aviv's popular seaside Dolphinarium discotheque when a Palestinian wearing explosives and copper ball bearings blew himself up outside, killing 21 people, mostly teenagers, and wounding 100 others. Five ball bearings smashed into her head and face, her left eye was shattered, and the left side of her brain was torn away, leaving her paralyzed on the right side and mentally impaired for good. The blond-haired, blue-eyed girl, who once thought of becoming a model, now has a plastic prosthetic and a mop of curls that artfully cover the missing part of her head. In addition to about 500 Israelis killed in suicide attacks, more than 3,000 people have been burned, maimed, scarred, blinded, paralyzed, left hearing-impaired or with missing limbs.
2004-02-05 00:00:00
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