American tourist, 55, has his teeth blasted out after being shot in the face during South African vacation after GPS took him through one of world's worst crime hotspots
Walter Fischel, 55, is currently recovering post-surgery - and offered local news station News24 a frightening recount of his brush with death. '[That] routed me through Nyanga,' he added - roughly 48 hours removed from surgeries on both his face and then-obstructed airway. With the tracheostomy tube still in his neck, he told News24: I’m here, I’m lucky to be here, but, you know, I’m angry that I didn’t see it coming, that it happened – the whole ordeal. With the tracheostomy tube still in his neck, he told News24: I’m here, I’m lucky to be here, but, you know, I’m angry that I didn’t see it coming, that it happened – the whole ordeal. 'I think that people – and tourists – need to be aware of where not to go, and what not to do here,' he told News24.
Source: News 24 November 07, 2023 02:39 UTC
