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    Palestinian student shot in Vermont is paralyzed from chest down, his family says

    20-year-old Hisham Awartani is scheduled to be released from the hospital next week and begin a long recovery after one of the gunman's bullets lodged in his spine.
    by Juliana Kim Dec 03, 2023 2 minutes
    Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ali Ahmed, three college students of Palestinian descent who were shot near the University of Vermont in Burlington on Nov. 25, 2023, are seen in this undated photo.

    Hisham Awartani, a Palestinian-Irish-American college student who was shot last month in an unprovoked attack in Burlington, Vt., is paralyzed from the chest down, his family says.

    Awartani, 20, was taking a walk on Nov. 25 with his childhood friends who are the same age and of Palestinian

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