Maddy Wilford, Shot 3 Times in Parkland, Is ‘So Grateful to Be Here’

After a gunman bore down on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Maddy Wilford lay bleeding from three bullet wounds, so pale that officers responding to the carnage first thought she was dead.

One of them shook her, hoping for a response, said Lt. Laz Ojeda of the Coral Springs Fire Department, who responded to the school that morning. “She made signs of life,” he said.

On Monday, Ms. Wilford, 17, walked into a conference center at Broward Health North hospital flanked by her parents, a cast on her arm the only outward sign of the injuries that could have killed her. Doctors said the bullet wounds to her torso and abdomen had essentially healed, and that she could be physically ready to return to school as early as next week.

“I’m just glad that I’m making a full recovery and everything’s been going so smoothly,” she said, taking deep breaths to compose herself as she thanked doctors for saving her life after the Feb. 14 attack in Parkland, Fla.



Source : nytimes