Finding safe Haven: Suicide prompts swimmer's family journey
CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) — Miracle No. 1: Haven Shepherd wasn't killed. Her dad, destitute, desperate and unable to support a child, brought a pair of bombs to their small hut in Vietnam. He strapped one to himself and the other to Haven's mom and placed Haven, then 14 months old, in between. The parents died instantly. Haven was catapulted out the door. Her legs were mangled beyond repair, but she survived.
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