Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story:
In 2006, an American tourist, on her way to Istanbul, slipped on the sidewalk in Taksim on the European side, landing on her left foot and causing instant pain.
Her boyfriend, on the other foot, was quick to help and got her off the street and into the hospital.
That moment changed the course of her life.
It was a simple fall: the world-class athlete had sprained her left foot just below the big toe, which was the most likely spot.
No one knew what had happened and no one said much during the next few months. The girl, at 29, worked to her limits.
She kept getting up and going, and eventually her boyfriend did too.
By the time a professional athlete showed up in the hospital in New York, and after a long wait, a series of tests and treatments, the girl was walking with the help of a cane, with a walking shoe that let her move her foot.
The athlete went home. Years later the girl was able to tell her story.
And that woman, at 29…
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