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One Year Later: Winnipeg Lawyer Adjusting To Life After Losing Hand In Bombing

The Canadian Press, 04 Jul, 2016 01:37 PM
    WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg lawyer who lost her hand in a letter bombing one year ago says she is adjusting well to her disability and finding new hobbies, like horseback riding.
     
    Maria Mitousis tells CTV News in an email that she finds the activity challenging but therapeutic.
     
    She also says she was a big golfer before the bombing, and is continuing the sport by driving around in a cart with friends and putting at the end of each hole.
     
    Other obstacles that she's been working on include learning to write and chop food with her left hand.
     
    Mitousis lost her right hand last July 3, when she opened a package that had been mailed to her downtown office.
     
    A voice recorder inside the package exploded and she was rushed to hospital.
     
    The blast also injured her face, chest and thighs.
     
    "Everything happened so fast but, at the same time, everything seemed to be in slow motion," Mitousis recalls.
     
    "I remember thinking that all of this was so impossible. I knew that something had exploded in my hand but I had a hard time believing it."
     
    Guido Amsel was charged with attempted murder after three letter bombs were sent to the offices of lawyers who had represented him and his former wife in their divorce, as well as his wife's workplace. The two other bombs were safely disposed of.
     

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