'No hope' teen back from dead; SHOOTING.Byline: By STEPHEN WHITE TEENAGER Teenager See also Adolescence. Ah, Wilderness! high-school senior has problems with girls and his father. [Am. Drama: O’Neill Ah, Wilderness! in Sobel, 15] Aldrich, Henry teenaged film character of the 1940s. [Am. Sophie Finucane - given "less than half-a-per cent chance" of survival after being shot in the head - has been allowed out of hospital after a miracle recovery. Sophie, 16, was left fighting for life after she was shot at her home during a sleepover. She left hospital for the first time yesterday to attend a Stand Together Against Violence event and said: "I'm happy I'm still here." Sophie smiled and her eyes welled with tears as dad John described how she woke after 10 days in intensive care. John said: "The doctors wouldn't give her half-a-per cent out of a hundred. That's pretty low odds. The moment she woke was the most powerful moment of my life. The schoolgirl was shot at her home in west Gorton, Manchester and is still undergoing therapy in the Hope Hospital in Salford. Wayne Bryan, 19, has been charged with grievous bodily harm grievous bodily harm Noun Criminal law serious injury caused by one person to another Noun 1. grievous bodily harm - street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate and possession of a firearm and ammunition This article is largely based on the article in the out-of-copyright 11th edition of the Encyclopdia Britannica, which was produced in 1911. It should be brought up to date to reflect subsequent history or scholarship (including the references, if any). . CAPTION(S): SURVIVOR Sophie Finucane |
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