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Burn Victim determined to get back on his feet after year-long ordeal
Burn Victim determined to get back on his feet after year-long ordeal

Burn Victim determined to get back on his feet after year-long ordeal

Date12/30/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Burn Victim determined to get back on his feet after year-long ordeal
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0073564F
Brave skier: Ian Phillips recovers in hospital, where his feet were amputated after after his four-day ordeal lost in Wyoming mountains
Brave skier: Ian Phillips recovers in hospital, where his feet were amputated after after his four-day ordeal lost in Wyoming mountains
4/26/1983
Delicate cargo, Burn victim Joey Philion, 14, gets words of encouragement from his mother, Linda Hawkins, yesterday before she joined him on a flight to a burn clinic in Boston
Delicate cargo, Burn victim Joey Philion, 14, gets words of encouragement from his mother, Linda Hawkins, yesterday before she joined him on a flight to a burn clinic in Boston
3/16/1988
Happy homecoming, Joe Philion's aunt Connie Hawkins, left, stands next to his brother Danny as they join townspeople in welcoming the burn victim back to Orillia
Happy homecoming, Joe Philion's aunt Connie Hawkins, left, stands next to his brother Danny as they join townspeople in welcoming the burn victim back to Orillia
4/17/1989
Grateful patient: Star reporter John Brehl looks back with thanks to OHIP after his 15-month ordeal
Grateful patient: Star reporter John Brehl looks back with thanks to OHIP after his 15-month ordeal
4/11/1980
Delicate cargo, Burn victim Joey Philion, 14, gets words of encouragement and one last check through the airplane window from his mother, Linda Hawkin(...)
Delicate cargo, Burn victim Joey Philion, 14, gets words of encouragement and one last check through the airplane window from his mother, Linda Hawkin(...)
3/16/1988
Terrifying ordeal: Manuel De Mendonca, at home after being held captive for 99 hours while his abductors drove his van across the country, weeps in the arms of his daughter Nancy, 5, as her recounts the terror of his ordeal.
Terrifying ordeal: Manuel De Mendonca, at home after being held captive for 99 hours while his abductors drove his van across the country, weeps in the arms of his daughter Nancy, 5, as her recounts the terror of his ordeal.
9/9/1983
Courageous burn victim Joey Philion, 15, arrives at Toronto Island Airport from Boston yesterday to be met by his 10-year-old brother Danny Hawkins wh(...)
Courageous burn victim Joey Philion, 15, arrives at Toronto Island Airport from Boston yesterday to be met by his 10-year-old brother Danny Hawkins wh(...)
10/24/1988
Kidnap victim tells of ordeal, Two men who kidnapped and forced him to open an office safe last night, over-looked $32,000 stored inside and escaped w(...)
Kidnap victim tells of ordeal, Two men who kidnapped and forced him to open an office safe last night, over-looked $32,000 stored inside and escaped w(...)
3/15/1978
Blast victim: Agostinho Botelho of Brampton, suffering burns to 80 per cent of his body, is loaded on to an air ambulance
Blast victim: Agostinho Botelho of Brampton, suffering burns to 80 per cent of his body, is loaded on to an air ambulance
9/14/1995
Trying the new bed for burn victims, Fraser Smith, 12, lies on it as his mother and brother, Malcolm, 15, watch him at Scarborough General Hospital. B(...)
Trying the new bed for burn victims, Fraser Smith, 12, lies on it as his mother and brother, Malcolm, 15, watch him at Scarborough General Hospital. B(...)
11/27/1970
Oh, my aching feet. Oshawa Mayor Jim Potticary gets his feet soothed by Sesame Street's Big Bird after completing 200 laps in three hours in the Oshaw(...)
Oh, my aching feet. Oshawa Mayor Jim Potticary gets his feet soothed by Sesame Street's Big Bird after completing 200 laps in three hours in the Oshaw(...)
10/4/1977
End of an ordeal: Debbie Bastien cries as she talks to reporters after an inquest into the death of her husband, who was shot outside his Windsor-area home by Opp
End of an ordeal: Debbie Bastien cries as she talks to reporters after an inquest into the death of her husband, who was shot outside his Windsor-area home by Opp
13 April 1989