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alex_unusualfanpageRead till end end �Her story is so inspiring ��
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I remember being on my way home, wanted to get something to eat. ‘I got off the bus and I was on the phone with my boyfriend…I had a funny feeling – I looked behind me and saw a person in a niqab. I don’t remember hearing footsteps or seeing anyone getting off the bus after me…No words were spoken. There was no dialogue. I looked back and remember the person just staring at me. The eyes were cold – it was a cold stare… Naomi was just five minutes from her house.



She said that at that moment she felt very uneasy and attempted to cross the road to distance herself from the stranger but as she turned her head again, she felt a splash… “That’s when I thought, someone’s out to kill me..then I thought, ‘this person is not going to succeed’. I just started running straight home. I knew it was acid. It feels like something is eating away your skin. I felt it most on my scalp, more than on my face.”
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“After the attack I asked ‘why me?’ I’m a good person. I started to question so many things about my life. Am I a bad person? I don’t argue, I don’t like confrontation. Being an only child, I shy away from it. I like to keep to myself in my own little corner.’…The attack has had a huge impact on my life. I’ve found it difficult to get close to people since the attack, especially after being betrayed so terribly by someone I thought was a friend.
“I’ve got scarring on my face, neck and chest and there have been times when I’ve felt suicidal… I couldn’t bear to look in the mirror or leave the house. When I finally saw my face, I couldn’t stop crying. I thought, “Who’s going to want to marry me like this?” I felt so low, I didn’t want to live but the guy I was in a relationship with looked past those scars to the person I am inside…He said I was gorgeous.

Though things didn’t work out with us, we still remained friends, but I won’t deny that the way he treated me really boosted my self-esteem. It made me realise the attack doesn’t have to be the end my the attack doesn’t have to be the end my life.’ – Naomi Oni, acid attack survivor. #MiraclesandMesses
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#happysunday

Bigmugu:

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Samusu:

meobizy:
It was found later Naomi was the one who did this to herself for attention.