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Chicago Tribune
| 1 year ago
A Georgia college student who has already lost a leg to a rare, flesh-eating bacterial infection is now expected to suffer the loss of her fingers too, her father said. Aimee Copeland, 24, was kayaking and zip-lining along the Little Tallapoosa River...
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Muncie Free Press
| 1 year ago
Georgia student who contracted a rare flesh-eating disease after zip line injury will lose her fingers. Aimee Copeland, a student in Georgia, recently contracted a rare but deadly flesh eating bacteria disease after a zip line accident. Copeland has...
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Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
I realize this couldn't possibly happen, but I wish the media were capable of discussing this tragedy without sensationalistic distortion. Siara Delyn, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA, 13/5/2012 18:01 Click to rate Rating (0) What great news! - TG, TX,...
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Virginian-Pilot Online
| 1 year ago
Whether she was hiking in the woods, growing organic vegetables or working on her master's degree in psychology, Aimee Copeland embraced her passions with determination and a constant smile that made friends wonder if she ever had bad days. Now the...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Flesh-eating bacteria, or necrotizing fasciitis, has made its way into the news recently after Aimee Copeland, a 24-year-old from Georgia, contracted the disease while riding a homemade zip line and lost her left leg due to the condition...The...
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CNN Blog
| 1 year ago
A Georgia college graduate student who lost one limb and will probably lose others to flesh-eating bacteria is mouthing words to her family and showing a fighting spirit, her father said Friday. Aimee Copeland is fighting for her life at an Augusta...
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
| 1 year ago
Rollercoaster" ride continues for woman battling infection The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Watching her struggle against a deadly bacterial infection that claimed her left leg and threatens her life, Paige Copeland soothes her younger sister Aimee...
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The Clay County Daily Advocate-Press
| 1 year ago
Andy Copeland, father of a woman who contracted a flesh-eating virus after injuring herself on a homemade zipline. The woman, Aimee Copeland, 24, had a leg amputated and part of her abdomen because of the virus, and doctors say her life is still in...
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Charlotte Observer Online
| 1 year ago
Doctors say a woman fighting a flesh-decaying bacteria she contracted after a zip line accident will lose her hands and remaining foot to the infection. But Aimee Copeland's father says the 24-year-old college student is improving. Andy Copeland told...
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ThecounT.com
| 1 year ago
A woman has contracted flesh-eating disease after being involved in a zip line accident. Also See: Aimee Copeland, 24, a student at the University of West Georgia, was on the wrong end of a homemade zip line when the cord broke and slashed her left...
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Atlanta Journal-Constution
| 1 year ago
Copeland, 24, a graduate psychology student at the college, was struggling to stay alive Thursday in an Augusta hospital after contracting a rare infection from a common bacteria. She contracted the bacteria -- Aeromonas hydrophila -- last Tuesday as...
