New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Horror concert survivor ‘I NOW SEE IT AS A BLESSING’

Chatting to friends at a Six60 gig in Dunedin, Bailley Unahi didn’t even have time to look up as a balcony packed with people collapsed on top of her, severing her spinal cord.

Paralysed from the waist down, the shocking accident has changed the 26-year-old’s life in more ways than she imagined possible – including pushing her to become a world-class skier, occupational therapist and an ambassador for others living with disabilities.

It’s been seven years since the night of her injury, when

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