Post by Jeanne Sager
As I watched Aimee Copeland walk slowly, painstakingly, across the stage of Katie Couric's new talk show with just one leg and a walker to help her move, a lump settled somewhere in my throat. It's hard to look at the woman who survived a brutal attack of the flesh-eating virus this year and not be overwhelmed by feelings of sympathy. But as the 24-year-old Georgia college student started talking, I realized I'd gotten it all wrong. Aimee Copeland doesn't want our pity. This is a woman who has stared death in the face and spit in its eye. She is a woman who understands something some people three times her age are still struggling to comprehend.Image may be NSFW.
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As I watched Aimee Copeland walk slowly, painstakingly, across the stage of Katie Couric's new talk show with just one leg and a walker to help her move, a lump settled somewhere in my throat. It's hard to look at the woman who survived a brutal attack of the flesh-eating virus this year and not be overwhelmed by feelings of sympathy. But as the 24-year-old Georgia college student started talking, I realized I'd gotten it all wrong. Aimee Copeland doesn't want our pity. This is a woman who has stared death in the face and spit in its eye. She is a woman who understands something some people three times her age are still struggling to comprehend.Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
