Stephanie Browitt was one of 47 tourists exploring the active volcano on December 9, 2019, when it erupted, a natural disaster that left her with excruciating burns to 70 percent of her body.
Browitt, now 26, was airlifted to a hospital and spent two weeks in a coma fighting for her life after sustaining third-degree burns to the majority of her body.on Sunday, the survivor finally revealed her face for the first time in two-and-a-half years, pulling off the bandage and sobbing: “I have learned that the fight for survival is a real thing . . . I never knew I had this in me.”
“It’s been a long time. It’s felt like forever and as though this day would never come,” Browitt stated as she showed her face for the first time. The survivor also shared horrific photos taken shortly after the disaster, revealing the severity of her burns. One image shows the third-degree burns Browitt sustained on her entire back.Browitt also lost several of her fingers due to the severity of the burns she suffered while attempting to flee the erupting volcano.During the interview, Browitt also spoke about the horrifying day she was visiting White Island when the volcano erupted.
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