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A 28-year-old Washington woman\u2019s life could have been ruined when a stranger approached her in a public street and shouted, \u2019Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this?\u2019<\/p>\nA 28-year-old Washington woman\u2019s life could have been ruined when a stranger approached her in a public street and shouted, \u2019Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this?\u2019<\/p>\n
Bethany Storro, was in Vancouver, Washington at the time the attack took place. She was about to enter her local Starbucks coffee shop as a female stranger approached her and threw liquid in her direction.<\/p>\n
The liquid, which Doctors say they believe was a form of acid<\/strong> ripped straight through the clothes of the 28-year-old victim, causing the skin it touched to burn away. She is now recovering in the burns unit at a hospital in Portland, Oregon, where she held her first press conference.<\/p>\n Ms Storro vowed that she would not let the attackers ruin her life, she even joked about the possibility of losing her sight.<\/p>\n She revealed that she had spinal meningitis twice as a child which had robbed her of her hearing, and said: \u201cOh my gosh, to be hard of hearing and blind? That would drive them nuts\u201d, referring to her parents.<\/p>\n When talking about the attacker she said: \u201cI have never, ever seen this girl in my entire life. When I first saw her she had this weirdness about her – like jealously rage.\u201d<\/p>\n Heavily bandaged after her operation, and accompanied by her mother and father, Nancy and Joe Neuwelt, she told reporters: \u201cIt was the most painful thing ever. My heart stopped. It ripped through my clothing the instant it touched my shirt. I could feel it burning through the second layer of my skin.\u201d<\/p>\n
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