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Face Transplant Patient Forgives Shooter

Connie Culp still thinks about how she used to look, she says

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted May 8, 2009 10:06 AM CDT
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(Newser) – The woman who had the nation's first face transplant still thinks about how she looked before her husband shot her in a failed murder-suicide attempt in 2004—but she forgives him, she said in an interview today with Good Morning America. It was the smell of soap that made Connie Culp realize her new face was working, she said; she now feels great walking down the street.

But she also offered a warning to other women. "If your husband threatens you in any way, it's going to get worse. If somebody points something at you and they say they're going to do it, eventually they're going to do it."

In this undated photo from the Cleveland Clinic, the transplant team performs the first face transplant surgery in the US on patient Connie Culp.
In this undated photo from the Cleveland Clinic, the transplant team performs the first face transplant surgery in the US on patient Connie Culp.   (AP Photo/Cleveland Clinic-HO)
Connie Culp, who underwent the first face transplant surgery in the US, speaks to the media at a news conference at the Cleveland Clinic, Tuesday, May 5, 2009.
Connie Culp, who underwent the first face transplant surgery in the US, speaks to the media at a news conference at the Cleveland Clinic, Tuesday, May 5, 2009.   (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Photo shows Connie Culp, after an injury to her face, left, and then as she appears today.
Photo shows Connie Culp, after an injury to her face, left, and then as she appears today.   (AP Photo/Cleveland Clinic-HO)
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serfinWI
May 8, 2009 4:20 AM CDT
She survived a shotgon blast to her face in the US, but that celebrity skier in Canada died of an easy to treat subdural hemorrhage. Can't wait for National Health Care.

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