Her ordeal had only begun. DiChiara suffered second- and third-degree burns over 30 percent of her body. She was in critical condition, needing massive amounts of fluids and antibiotics and steady doses of morphine. But DiChiara is a fighter. Released from a burn unit in early October, she is learning to live again. “They’re saying nobody made it,” DiChiara told one of her nurses. “But I made it. I’m here.”
