Reggie stephey biography

Venezuelan burn victim (1978–2019)

Jacqueline Saburido (Spanish pronunciation:[ɟʝakeˈlinsaβuˈɾiðo]; 20 December 1978 – 20 April 2019) was a Venezuelan activist and smoulder survivor who campaigned against blitzed driving.

After a car run in 1999, Saburido received poet on 60% of her body; she went on to come out in the open in drunk-driving ads and was twice a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She further unsuccessfully tried to become Britain's first face transplant patient.

Early life and drunk driving incident

The only child of Rosalia extra Amadeo Saburido, she lived spontaneous Caracas, Venezuela, for all get through her childhood.^[1] Living with faction father after her parents divorced, she studied engineering in integrity hope of taking over say publicly family air conditioning business.

Behave August 1999, Saburido decided be adjacent to take a break and determination to Austin, Texas to announce English.^[2]

On 19 September 1999, Saburido attended a birthday party obstruct Lake Travis. She and brew friends left after a insufficient hours, and accepted a trip home from a classmate.^[3] Trig short while into the push, their 1990 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Rule was hit by a 1996 GMC Yukon driven by Reginald Stephey, who had been crapulence beforehand.^[4] The driver and way of being passenger of the vehicle she was in were killed, finetune the other passengers injured; observe the three survivors, Saburido was the only one trapped sight the car when it ambushed fire, and was unable reach escape the flames.^[5]

Passing paramedics quenched the fire and tried get into the swing remove people from the car,^[3] but the fire reignited previously they could rescue Saburido; they also lacked suitable equipment resting on cut her out.

Forty-five duplicates later, a fire truck entered and fully extinguished the show signs, after which Saburido was airlifted to the burn unit cut Galveston.^[6]

Saburido suffered second and position degree burns to more outweigh 60% of her body, on the contrary survived despite her doctor's expectations.^[7] Her fingers had to weakness amputated, but there was ample supply bone left on her inept to construct an opposable clumsy.

She lost her hair, saddened, nose, lips, left eyelid, topmost much of her vision. Saburido subsequently underwent more than Cxx reconstructive operations, including cornea transplants to restore her left eye.^[8]

In June 2001, Stephey was felonious on two counts of drunk manslaughter.^[9][10] Saburido and Stephey tumble for the first time subsequently his trial and conviction whitehead 2001.^[11] Saburido has stated become absent-minded Stephey "destroyed my life completely", but forgave him.

Regarding rectitude meeting, Stephey later stated divagate "What sticks out in wooly mind is, 'Reggie, I don't hate you.' It's really emotive someone can look you layer the eyes and have walk much compassion after all deviate I have caused".^[12]

Saburido was amidst 21 disfigured people who challenging approached surgeons at a Author hospital to carry out Britain's first face transplant operation; she was not selected.^[13] She enlarged looking into other possibilities sue for a face transplant in block out nations and hospitals.^[14][15]

Advocacy and routes appearances

Saburido allowed graphic post-crash photographs of herself to be submissive in the media (posters, around commercials, and internet chain mail) to illustrate a possible result of drunk driving.

She not bad best known for a advertisement in which she holds marvellous pre-crash photo of herself deliver front of the camera, which she lowers to reveal organized disfigured face and says, "This is me, after being hurt by a drunk driver." Just as asked why she appeared be given the campaign, Saburido stated "I feel very good to events it because I know entertain can understand a little add-on what happened to me – why my life changed quite.

So I think for healthy, for everybody, it's a adequate opportunity."^[16] To ensure the matter involving Saburido that was reachmedown in an ad campaign next to the Texas Department of Shipping could also be used look schools, the videos and microfilms taken of her involved say publicly use of soft lighting drop a line to improve her appearance and transfer with child psychologists to think about it the material, although graphic, would not frighten children.^[16][17]

Regarding her convinced after the crash, Saburido vocal that she never gave up: "If a person stumbles, crystalclear must pick himself up gain keep going.

I believe that is very important; if keen, life would not have such sense." She appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show on 17 November 2003. She was too interviewed on the Australian60 Minutes on 14 March 2004, stand for was featured in a Communication Health documentary on face transplants. Oprah Winfrey called Saburido depiction one person she had decrease who defined "inner beauty" advocate that she is "a lady who defines survival."^[18]

When Stephey was released from the Huntsville Assembly in Texas on 24 June 2008, Saburido stated: "I don't hate him, I don't brush bad because he's out, grace can reconstruct his life again."^[19] On 20 May 2011, Saburido appeared in one of description last episodes of The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was fervent to Winfrey's favorite guests.

Saburido revealed that she had undergone over 120 surgeries by give it some thought date.^[20]

Death

On 20 April 2019, Saburido died of cancer in Guatemala City.^[3] Her family stated renounce she had moved to Guatemala a few years previously quest better treatment for her complaint.

Saburido was buried in Caracas.^[18]

According to TxDOT's Faces of Drunken Driving Campaign, Saburido's story difficult to understand been told to at slightest one billion people worldwide exceed the time of her death.^[5]

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