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British tourist recounts terrifying shark attack in Jamaica: ‘I thought I was going to die
Rachel Smith saw her ring finger hanging off and blood pouring from the wound after she was knocked backwards by the shark off Rose Hall beach, in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Ontario man recounts ordeal after being stuck in Dominican Republic on ‘bogus’ drug charges
A Burlington resident who was arrested in the Dominican Republic over accusations of smuggling drugs is recounting his 71-day ordeal in the Caribbean country. The charges were withdrawn in April. CBC | World News
Read More »Gaza paramedic recounts deadly Israeli attack on ambulances, matches UN accusation
A Palestinian paramedic who was present at an incident in which 15 of his colleagues were killed in southern Gaza last month said he witnessed Israeli troops firing at emergency vehicles that he later saw stained with blood. CBC | World News
Read More »Penny Oleksiak sits down with Brittany MacLean and recounts 2016 Rio Olympics
At the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Penny Oleksiak become a star, winning four medals, including one gold. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Palestinian paramedic recounts ‘massacre’ on school shelter in northern Gaza
As one of the few paramedics left in northern Gaza, Niveen Al-Dwawsa, is often the first on the scene of airstrikes, where she treats as many wounded people as she can. She used her phone to record what she saw while responding to the aftermath of an attack on a school shelter in Jabalia on Oct. 21. CBC | World News
Read More »‘Hey, you guys gotta get out!’ Family recounts losing home to California wildfire
A stubborn wildfire northwest of Los Angeles on Friday continued to challenge firefighting crews working to snuff it out, after it forced thousands of people to evacuate and burned more than 100 structures. Brandon Francis and his grandmother, Leticia Taylor, were among those who lost their home to the blaze this week. CBC | World News
Read More »An online video showed him burning alive after Israeli airstrike. His brother recounts his final moments
Muhammad Ahmad Al-Dalu’s brother and mother died in a fire started by an Israeli airstrike on a tent camp housing forcibly displaced people outside Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza early Monday. A video of his brother being burned in the fire as people stood by unable to help has widely circulated on social media. CBC | World ...
Read More »Ontario woman recounts ‘frightening’ moment with Harrods’s owner Mohamed Al-Fayed
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Read More »Billy Connolly emotionally recounts devastating final encounter with friend Robin Williams
Scottish comedian Billy Connolly announced in 2014 that he was suffering from the “initial stages” of Parkinson’s, an incurable disease that attacks the nervous system. Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
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