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New Book Traces Vermont Woman's Healing After Horrific Explosion
A Vermont woman who was nearly killed in an explosion during a family vacation in the Bahamas is out with a brand-new memoir — which is launching next week with a party in Rutland. The book, titled “Without Any Warning: Casualties of a Caribbean Vacation,” traces the long journey of Stefanie Schaffer and all she has learned through facing adversity…
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New Book Traces Vermont Woman's Healing After Horrific Explosion
Stefanie Schaffer is releasing a memoir titled “Without Any Warning: Casualties of a Caribbean Vacation.”
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Survivor of Boat Explosion Thanks Vt. Blood Donors: ‘Anyone at Any Time Can Need It'
Vermont’s largest annual blood drive, the Gift of Life Marathon in Rutland County, kicked off Tuesday — with a visit from a special guest who knows how vital blood donations are. “Anyone at any time can need it,” Stefanie Schaffer, 25, said of blood used for transfusions. “And it’s constantly needed.” Schaffer lost her legs in an accidental explosion on…
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Woman Who Survived Boat Explosion Helps Advocate for Blood Donations
The largest annual blood drive in Vermont kicked off Tuesday.
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Boat Explosion Survivor Urges Support of Vt. Blood Drive Amid Supply ‘Emergency'
A woman who survived an explosion that made international headlines is now issuing an impassioned plea to people everywhere to donate blood — a gift she said saved her life. “All that I could do was desperately fight to stay alive,” Stefanie Schaffer said of the moments following an explosion that nearly killed her. Schaffer is the Vermont dancer who…
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Boat Blast Survivor Urges Support of Vt. Blood Drive
A woman who survived an explosion in the Bahamas is asking people everywhere to help improve and even save lives like hers.