A serious
incident happened on October 9th, with the shooting of 15-year-old
Malala. In one of the most conservative
parts of Pakistan, gunman stopped the van, which was carrying young Malala.
They ordered that the other girls in the vehicle must identify her. Malala
though had experienced frequent death threats in the past, but was never to
caught up in them. So the girls
eventually pointed her out to the gunmen so that they would not be injured.
Even with that said there was one gunman who opened fire, wounding these three
girls. Two of these girls were lucking having non-life-threatening injuries,
but when the bullets struck Malala, they were aimed at her head and her
neck. The assailants were able to get away
though. Malala was in a terrible condition.
Her uncle had described her as having agonizing
pain and saying how she was unable to stop moving her arms and legs. Doctors were working hard in order to save
her life, then her condition dropped severely.
They did operations in order to remove a bullet from her neck. After her surgery, she was not responsive for
just under three days. A month later, it
is considered a miracle that Malala is alive, a girl who fights for the right
of other girls to get an education, is still living and even more shocking that
she has suffered no major brain or nerve damage. In just over four weeks, Malala has gone from
intensive care in Pakistan, and showing no signs of consciousness to now being
able to walk, write, read and smile again in a hospital in the UK. Outside of her room in her hospital, the world
has turned her into the global symbol for the fight to allow girls everywhere
in the world access to an education. The
United Nations has now decided to declared Saturday, November 10, Malala Day.
This is a day to focus on Malala and all of the other millions of girls like
Malala who are not enrolled in school.
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