Tuesday, 27 February 2018

Parents talk about 'miracle' of daughter they thought had died in Florida shooting

Madeleine Wilford had three major surgeries to repair ‘substantial damage’ caused by bullets from the AR-15 rifle used by the killer

Doctors and first responders who treated a student initially thought to have died in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school massacre have spoken of their battle to save the teenager’s life, and her incredible recovery from multiple gunshot wounds.

Madeleine Wilford, 17, and her parents also spoke at a Monday press conference at Broward North hospital to praise the ambulance crew, surgeons and medical staff who resuscitated and operated on her, and talked of the “miracle” that allowed her to be discharged barely a week after she was shot in the rampage that killed 14 classmates and three adult teachers.

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