She lost her legs in a terror attack. Now, she's competing in the Paralympics

She lost her legs in a terror attack. Now, she's competing in the Paralympics

CNN Edition - Sport·2021-08-27 12:03

(CNN)Beatrice de Lavalette was 17 years old when she was at Brussels' Zaventem Airport, heading back to the US for spring break.

The next thing she remembers is darkness, and the feeling of being lifted off the ground.

By chance De Lavalette had been standing next to a suicide bomber and was one of the 300 people who were left injured after Zaventem Airport was struck by twin blasts on March 22, 2016 -- an attack where 32 people were killed and which ISIS would later claim responsibility for.

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