VIDEO of this sweet, beautiful little girl. I did not think the video worked, but left it open and it did start after a while. I was hoping to see the part where they walked her through how to use the device, but it's not there. Stepmom has some nice hair there.
I was going to also say... this stepmom seems like someone who was quite involved in this little girl's care. You would be amazed at the number of people who do not know what kind of hearing loss their child has.
Of course, that doesn't mean she's innocent....but I thought I'd give her that credit.
I really don't like the look on her face in her mugshot though.
The video is with this article:
http://triangle.news14.com/content/...ups-donate-hearing-aids-to-81-people?ap=1&MP4
Baker has
a hint of an Australian accent and a faint speech impediment from her hearing loss, a result of her
fight with cancer. She also lost her leg, but she didn't lose her will.
"
A lot of people don't understand that treatment does tend to take other things away from you," said her mother Elesa Baker, at an event at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
As Baker moved from station to station, her hearing improved with the donated device.
"Better than without them, so I can actually hear more than without my hearing aids in," she told multiple news crews Monday.
http://www2.independenttribune.com/...ns-charity-helps-bring-hearing-tho-ar-248536/
Ten-year-old Zahra Baker was all smiles as she was fitted with her device.
Baker
lost her hearing during chemotherapy treatments for two bouts of cancer.
According to her mother, Elesa, Baker suffers from what is known as high frequency hearing loss. As such, she has a difficult time hearing "s" and "f" sounds.
A hearing resource teacher at Baker's school in Hudson, N.C. mentioned the Speedway Children's Charity giveaway to Elesa,
who jumped at the chance to help her daughter regain her normal hearing.
"She said this would be a wonderful opportunity to open up other opportunities," Elesa said.
Elesa, who fought back tears as volunteers walked her daughter through how to use the new hearing device, said she looked forward to the opportunities the gift will bring Zahra - opportunities to better understand her teachers and friends at school, and better communicate with her family.
http://www.wcnc.com/news/Amber-Alert-issued-for-missing-Hickory-girl-104644679.html
The FBI, SBI and US Marshal's Office are all assisting in the search for Zahra.
From the video:
"Police were called to her home around
5am Saturday for a brush fire in the backyard. No one checked at the time to see if Zahra was still sleeping or even okay in all the commotion."
raying:
