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MY SENSE OF SAFETY IS SHATTERED

THE view from the living room window is magnificent, a sand forest in a tranquil wilderness that’s home to an abundance of flora and fauna.

But the sight beyond the panes of glass is also a grim and constant reminder of a day of horror and tragedy that left a little girl dead and her mother paralysed from the waist down.

The incident replays itself in Nicole Panos’ mind repeatedly and she can’t help but feel guilty about what happened. She feels angry and sad too because she grew up surrounded by nature and always felt lucky to be able to raise her children “in the safest part of

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