Maya Gebala released from hospital 262 days after Tumbler Ridge shooting
Maya Gebala has been released from the hospital 262 days after being critically injured in a mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. Her father has documented her long recovery process, which included multiple surgeries and significant milestones in her rehabilitation.
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The story highlights the long-term physical and emotional toll of mass violence on victims and their families in small communities.
Tumbler Ridge shooting victim Maya Gebala has been released from hospital.
In an update provided by her dad, David, he posted on X on Thursday morning that it has been 262 days since that fatal day in Tumbler Ridge.
“It’s been 262 days since you were airlifted to BC Children’s Hospital,” David wrote, adding “262 days since we were told, ‘We did everything we could, but we don’t think she’s going to make it through the night.'”
David said that since then he has watched his daughter fight for every single one of those days.
He said it was 251 days ago that Maya opened her eye, moved it and shifted her leg, only to be rushed into emergency surgery again for hydrocephalus.
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