Beatrice, victim of the Brussels attacks, opens in Tokyo

He will never forget March 22, 2016. Not the din. Not that fade to black. The terrorist attacks in Brussels changed the life of Beatrice de Lavalette (Florida, November 29, 1998). Of the two attacks suffered in the Belgian capital, she experienced the one at the airport. It was approximately 08:00 hours. “The next thing that happens to the explosion is that I’m on the ground. I knew exactly what had just happened and I thought, ‘It must be a joke. I can’t believe this is happening “, narrated in an interview for KTVQ. He was 17 years old and returning to Florida for the Easter holidays.

Fate made one of the suicide bombers who carried out the attack stand near him. The bomb left her seriously injured, to the point that in a first examination she was assigned a red card. This badge meant that she would be treated last because she had the least chance of getting ahead.

However, Bea was strong and she showed it. She was transferred to the Reina Astrid Military Hospital and survived after spending a month in an induced coma and four in ICU. Of course, the bomb left him multiple internal wounds caused by shrapnel, second and third degree burns in 35% of his body, spinal injuries … Finally, the doctors were forced to make the decision to amputate both legs below the knees.

When he realized that he would succeed, his first question was when he would ride his horse DeeDee again.. A passion that she had from a very young age since her entire family did. His two older brothers invented ‘horse-ball’, a kind of basketball on horseback. She started practicing it at the age of seven and with twelve he started riding. They have always liked sports. In school she did athletics (she even won a gold in high jump in a European) and in high school she was the goalkeeper of her soccer team. She had grown up in France and was living with her parents in Belgium at the time, just before her siblings returned to the United States for college and the couple moved there again in early 2016.

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Precisely they, The horses, for which her mother instilled an infinite love, became her lifeline during that swell. “I was in the wrong place at the wrong time,” he confessed in their website. But she was still alive and riding she felt free again. His effort during these five years has taken him riding to Tokyo, where he will represent the United States. This Thursday afternoon he will see his dream come true and will make his equestrian debut at the Paralympic Games.

What’s more, studies business at the University of San Diego and gives motivational talks. What’s more, she spoke at the West Palm Beach Women’s Equestrian Entrepreneur Summit in January 2019. Regardless of what happens in the Japanese country, Beatrice has written a happy ending in her story and sends a message of hope. “There is always a light at the end of the tunnel.”

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