Woman blinded by acid thrower moves from tragedy to triumph

Samantha Wackford

At the tender age of 17, Samantha Wackford’s life was changed forever when a man walked up to her in the vicinity of Bourda Market and threw acid in her face, blinding her and disfiguring her face forever.

But today the young woman, who was known then as Samantha Walton, is  now twenty-seven  and she has moved on.

According to www.cnycentral. com, she will be graduating from the Morrisville State College with an