It is the accomplishment of a school career. An important moment in a life. On March 22, 2016, Shanti De Corte was to fly to Rome on a graduation trip. That morning, she was in the departures hall of Brussels-National airport with 90 other students from Sint-Rita college in Kontich, in the province of Antwerp. When the terrorists detonated their explosives, Shanti De Corte was only a few meters away from them. And if she was not physically injured, the young Flemish girl came out traumatized from the attack, as confirmed by the school psychologist who took care of the students. :
“There are some students who react worse than others to traumatic events. And having interviewed her twice, I can tell you that Shanti De Corte was one of these fragile students. For me, it’s Clearly, she already had serious psychological problems before the attack. So I referred her to psychiatry.”
