In this conversation from the archives we go back to 2003, when a two-year-old girl captured the hearts of Australians after she was involved in an accident at her NSW childcare centre. Her name was Sophie Delezio. A vehicle crashed into the centre and caught alight, trapping Sophie and burning 85% of her body. After that accident, she lost both her legs below the knee, her right hand and ear.
Three years later, in May 2006, Sophie was hit by a car as her nanny pushed her wheelchair across the road. The car threw her 18 metres from her wheelchair and resulted in a broken jaw, broken ribs, fractured collarbone and a punctured lung as well as bleeding on her brain and a heart attack.
But after all of that, she lived. Oh boy did she live.
And this is her story.
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To find out more about Sophie's charity, Day of Difference, head to https://dayofdifference.org.au/.
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Host: Mia Freedman . You can find Mia on Instagram here and get her newsletter here.
With thanks to our guests: Sophie and Carolyn Delezio
Producer: Leah Porges
Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff
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