After losing her leg, this Aklavik, N.W.T. woman isn't letting anything stop her
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Mandy Archie comes from a family of strength.
It was a year and a half ago when the Aklavik, N.W.T., woman was hit by a truck while carrying groceries to her car, pinning her leg between the vehicle and a set of stairs.
The woman driving was intoxicated.
Mandy ended up losing her leg.
After multiple surgeries over several days in Edmonton, Mandy was told her leg couldn't be saved and she would be fitted with a prosthetic.
"I was devastated. I didn't want to hear it. I didn't want to accept it," she said.
Mandy said she grieved for several weeks, questioning how she would ever do the activities she loved again, let alone take care of her son.
"I was wondering, how will I move on with my life?" she said.
"But I did."
Mandy went home to Aklavik to recover, where she was greeted at the airport by friends and family.
She said it was that community and family support that carried her from her hospital bed to where she is now, studying in Yellowknife and trying to put the past behind her.
"I didn't know the strength that I have," she said.
"It was faith and lots of love and prayers from people back home in the community."
She applied to and started school at Aurora College in Yellowknife, studying early childhood education.
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