Thursday,
January 29, 2009
US Violence Takes Toll on Italian Exchange
Student
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ANNOTICO Report
Susanna De Sousa,
18, of
De Sousa was
struck multiple times and has undergone two surgeries in the last three days, Ramzy said. Some bullets hit her vital organs, but she is
expected to recover without any long-term disabilities.
De Sousa's older
brother and sister have also lived in the
The
Italian Student Expected to Survive
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Susanna De Sousa,
18, of
De Sousa, who has
been upgraded to stable but serious condition, had been spending her senior
year at
De Sousa's older
brother and sister have also lived in the
The
De Sousa, a Roman
Catholic, said he prays for his children's safety daily, whether they are in
Authorities say
the incident is the worst mass shooting in
The teenage girls
killed in the shooting were Martha "Tika"
Paz de Noboa, a 17-year-old Peruvian exchange
student, and 16-year-old Ashley Wilks, a sophomore at
Clackamas High.
Police and local
school officials identified the other wounded exchange students as Ana Zambrano Soledispa, 18, of
Ecuador; Gonzalo Vasquez Orozco, 18, of Guatemala; Trista
Chang, 18, of Taiwan; and Anne Sophie Rialland, 16,
of France.Two other injured victims are from the
Portland area.All of those wounded in the attack are
expected to survive the shooting.
De Sousa was
struck multiple times and has undergone two surgeries in the last three days, Ramzy said. Some bullets hit her vital organs, but she is
expected to recover without any long-term disabilities.
Americo De Sousa describes his
daughter as a dedicated student, who likes archaeology, art and photography.
She is interested in studying biology after she finishes high school, he said.
Susanna De Sousa
turned 18 last week and had gone to the nightclub with others to celebrate
another exchange student's birthday.
De Sousa's host
mother in
Her father said
her recovery is a miracle. Ramzy, the surgeon,
doesn't negate the claim.
"I respect
their conviction that this is a miracle," he said. "I think she'll
pull through this."
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