Unbroken : The Brussels Terror Attack Survivor (English, Thickback, Nidhi Chaphekar)

On the fateful day of 22 March 2016, Nidhi Chaphekar was assigned to operate a flight from Brussels to Newark. One of the most shocking terror attacks took place at the Brussels airport the same day, killing around thirty-two people and injuring over three hundred. Nidhi was gravely injured and her photograph became the face of the terror attack. That photo has been recently voted as the most iconic photo in Belgian history.

Navigating through Nidhi’s life and career as a flight attendant, this heart-wrenching story opens with the horrifying incident that shook the lives of all those caught in its vortex. The aftermath of intense trauma and rigorous medical treatment sees Nidhi emerging as a real-life superhero. She survived despite sustaining more than twenty percent burns, multiple fractures, crushed bones, ruptured eardrums and being in a state of induced coma for twenty three days.

Narrated in the form of a daily journal, painstakingly penned by her, this true story of grit and willpower will reach out to millions of people with its enduring message of the infinite ability of the human spirit to triumph against all odds.

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