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2005 London bombing survivor Martine Wright

13/07/2017 GMT

Bomb Survivor: 'I Count Myself Lucky'

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Martine Wright lost her legs in the 2005 London bombings and then became a Paralympian

Martine Wright lost both her legs in the 2005 London bombings. Twelve years on, she's made a remarkable recovery and even competed in the London 2012 Paralympics. Her book is called 'Unbroken'.

Ellen Ochoa may have been the first Hispanic American woman to fly in space, but the astronaut was also the first person to play the flute on the space shuttle.

Yi Jiefang's son loved nature. When he died in a car crash, she made it her personal mission to fulfil a wish he'd had to plant trees in the vast deserts of Inner Mongolia. Today, she has planted millions of them.

Up in the mountains in the province of Cordoba, Argentina, a woman named Kai Pacha runs a nature reserve where injured wild animals can find a safe place to heal. Kai's found sanctuary herself by caring for the pumas, eagles and snakes who live there. The BBC's Daniel Pardo went to meet her.



(Photo: Martine Wright. Credit: WPA)

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