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The Attack

REPORTER: What happened on October 9, 2012?
MALALA: I was on my way home from school
when a man boarded the bus I was riding in and TraCk 67
demanded to know who Malala was.
REPORTER: Did your classmates point at you?
MALALA: No, they didn’t, but they looked towards me, so he
knew who I was, they gave me away.
REPORTER: Then what happened?
MALALA: The gunman fired at me, hitting me on the left side
of my head; the bullet then travelled down my neck.
REPORTER: Was anyone else hurt?
MALALA: Yes, two of my friends were also injured
in the attack.
REPORTER: What happened next?
MALALA: After the shot I don’t remember anything, but my
parents told me that I was in critical condition. So, I was
flown to a military hospital in Peshawar. To receive further
care, I was transferred to Birmingham, England. Once
I was in the United Kingdom, I was taken out of a
medically induced coma. Though I would require multiple
surgeries, I had suffered no major brain damage.
REPORTER: When were you able to go back to school?
MALALA: Five months later. In March 2013, I began
attending school in Birmingham.
REPORTER: I’m so glad that you were able to go
back to school.
MALALA: Me, too.

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