“I am OK here now.” ( Steve Russell / Toronto Star ) Popi Rani Das, seen in Toronto in December 2017 following her surgery, enjoys her ESL classes and getting to know the city around her. ( Carlos Osorio / Toronto Star ) Popi Rani Das, who misses the constant warmth of Bangladesh, basks in the sun on Toronto's Centre Island last summer. ( Supplied/Popi Rani Das )Das was just 21 when her husband tried to kill her by tricking her into drinking the acid that burned away her entire esophagus and most of her stomach. ( Toronto Star )Das filed a refugee protection claim last February and is waiting for her case to be heard by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. ( Toronto Star file photo )“She shouldn’t have survived that initial attack,” Zhong says, adding that 75 per cent of people who swallow acid will die.

Source: thestar February 16, 2019 16:52 UTC