It all started October, 9, 2012. It seemed like an ordinary fall day in Swat Valley, Pakistan. But it wasn’t. it was the day something terrible happened to a hero.
The 15 year old Malala Yousafzai was riding a bus home from school. She was chatting with her friends, one of which was named Kainat Riaz. Kainat was 16 at the time.
But then everything changed.
Two bearded men boarded the van. In their hands they were holding black colt .45.
“Who’s Malala?!” they demanded.
The girls on the bus nervously glanced over at their heroic, determined friend. Suddenly, the bearded gunmen fired one.
Two.
Three shots.
Malala is instantly struck in the head right by her left eye. It narrowly missed her brain. Malala is very lucky that it missed her brain. It would have been fatal if it struck her brain.
Luckily, two British doctors were able to stabilize her and then take her to a hospital in Birmingham, England.
Malala had been targeted up to a few years before the attack. She had started being targeted when she started writing letters to the BBC (British Broad Casting), to document the terror of the Taliban.
“I thought, what a great opportunity,” Malala recalled, “Terrorism will spill over if you don’t speak up.”
Even though people advised her to stop, and that she would be targeted by the Taliban, she didn't care and kept on doing what she knew was right.
The 15 year old Malala Yousafzai was riding a bus home from school. She was chatting with her friends, one of which was named Kainat Riaz. Kainat was 16 at the time.
But then everything changed.
Two bearded men boarded the van. In their hands they were holding black colt .45.
“Who’s Malala?!” they demanded.
The girls on the bus nervously glanced over at their heroic, determined friend. Suddenly, the bearded gunmen fired one.
Two.
Three shots.
Malala is instantly struck in the head right by her left eye. It narrowly missed her brain. Malala is very lucky that it missed her brain. It would have been fatal if it struck her brain.
Luckily, two British doctors were able to stabilize her and then take her to a hospital in Birmingham, England.
Malala had been targeted up to a few years before the attack. She had started being targeted when she started writing letters to the BBC (British Broad Casting), to document the terror of the Taliban.
“I thought, what a great opportunity,” Malala recalled, “Terrorism will spill over if you don’t speak up.”
Even though people advised her to stop, and that she would be targeted by the Taliban, she didn't care and kept on doing what she knew was right.
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