Trial of the Brussels attacks: ‘I took off from the ground and it was dark’, place for the testimonies of the victims of Zaventem airport

“It took me enormous mental strength to relearn how to live differently.” Béatrice then explains that her morale was not good: “My mother understood that my horse had to come near me. Das soon as I saw my horse, I understood that there was someone waiting for me to get better. Because for me at 17 I already thought it was the end of my life.”

My mother understood that it was necessary to bring my horse

Béatrice was then in the south of France for a few weeks to learn how to eat, drink and regain a taste for life because she was skin and bones. After appropriate treatment, she did everything she could to resume her studies: “I wanted to graduate like my friends. I was going to revalidation in the afternoon. And I ended up getting my diploma. After school I took a trip to Greece and then I went back to the south of France with my parents”.

I ended up getting my degree

Béatrice De Lavalette ends up getting a rehabilitation place in a military hospital in San Diego. TAll his physical faculties were tested to see what could be improved, remedied.

“After a year, I had to go back to a normal life but I was not ready yet and I experienced a moment of depression. In 2019, I had eight very difficult months during which I suffered nine new operations after the twenty already suffered after the attacks”.

We wish you the best

Today, life goes on for her but she regularly has ups and downs: “en this moment I’m on a high” she said in conclusion. “You have to stay, we wish you the best” ends the president by thanking the witness.

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