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A 12-year-old girl who was shot in the head during a deadly attack minneapolis The Catholic churchgoer in August was released from the hospital on Thursday and was greeted with cheers as the police chief drove him around the city in a stretch limousine, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Sophia Forchas was the most seriously injured child who survived the shooting at the Church of the Annunciation. On August 27, a shooter fired a rifle through the church windows and shot some of the approximately 200 children celebrating. Mass During the first week of school, two died and 17 were injured. The age of the children who died were 8 and 10 years.
Forchas was taken to surgery. His neurosurgeon, Dr. Walt Galisich, said that a bullet had become lodged in his brain, causing severe damage, including to a major blood vessel. surgeons The left half of his skull had to be removed to reduce the pressure inside his head. At a September 5 press conference, Galisich expressed concern that Forchas could become “the third fatality in this incident”.
He hugged her as she walked out of Hennepin County Medical Center, while several others outside held signs and waved, the Star Tribune reported.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, who drove Forchas across the city, described his return home as “nothing short of a miracle.”
As they pulled into the parking lot of her school, she was again greeted with applause and lots of hugs.
his parents, Amy And Tom Forchus said in a statement that he was overwhelmed with gratitude for the medical professionals who saved his daughter’s life. They called her homecoming Thursday “one of the most extraordinary days of our lives.”
Her healing journey will continue with outpatient therapy, and she still has a long road to recovery, her parents said, adding that they are excited to see daily improvements in her speech, ability to walk and “her personality shining through once again.”
Another child who suffered a traumatic brain injury during the shooting, 12-year-old Lydia Kaiser, was similarly celebrated as she returned to school last week, according to an online fundraising page started to support her family. Kaiser also had to undergo surgery to remove bullet fragments and reduce pressure inside his head.