<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12.0px;"><p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Friends,</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I am writing to ask for your prayers for a young girl who was brutally attacked by an ex-boyfriend who hit her with an SUV and then attacked her with a sword.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">“A 16-year-old girl is recovering in an Ottawa children's hospital after suffering serious injuries in what her family describes as a brutal attack allegedly committed by her ex-boyfriend, who's now in custody and facing charges like attempted murder. </span></span></span></i></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px; text-align:start"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">"I don't know how she's alive. Nobody knows," said Kaylie Smith's cousin Paige Smith, who spoke to CBC on behalf of the family. "It's incredible, her strength and resilience in this."</span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px; text-align:start"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Kaylie Smith was airlifted to CHEO, eastern Ontario's children's hospital in Ottawa, on Sunday night (Nov. 3) and remains there with several family members at her bedside. </span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px; text-align:start"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Paige Smith said her younger cousin was getting off a bus near her home in Cobalt, Ont., on Sunday night when a former boyfriend allegedly struck her with a vehicle and then attacked her with what they believe was a knife or machete. </span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px; text-align:start"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="color:#222222">Cobalt is about 500 kilometres northwest of Ottawa.”</span></span></span></i><i> </i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/girl-16-recovering-in-ottawa-hospital-after-vicious-attack-1.7377317" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Girl, 16, recovering in Ottawa hospital after vicious attack | CBC News</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kaylie has undergone over 30 hours of surgery to save her life; family members are at her bedside. It will be a long road to recovery, months or years or even a lifetime process. The small community of Cobalt (about 1000 people) has rallied to hold vigils and to raise money for the many expenses she and her family will incur.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Below I have pasted links to the media coverage of this horrific event.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Let us pray for Kaylie’s recovery, for her family and for justice from a system that often appears broken.</span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<h1 style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px"><span style="font-size:24pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Morning North with Markus Schwabe </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">We hear from the mother of a 16-year-old girl fighting for her life after being attacked in Cobalt</span></span></span></span> <span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-41-morning-north/clip/16108526-we-hear-mother-16-year-old-girl-fighting-life-attacked" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">We hear from the mother of a 16-year-old girl fighting for her life after being attacked in Cobalt | Morning North with Markus Schwabe | Live Radio | CBC Listen</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px"><span style="font-size:24pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="color:black"><span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">'No one deserves what happened to her': Community demands justice in vicious sword attack </span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.sootoday.com/opp-beat/no-one-deserves-what-happened-to-her-community-demands-justice-in-vicious-sword-attack-9800746" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">'No one deserves what happened to her': Community demands justice in vicious sword attack - Sault Ste. Marie News</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px"><span style="font-size:24pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Roboto Condensed""><span style="color:#191919">No one deserved what happened to her,' victim's friends, protesters say </span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/no-one-deserved-what-happened-to-her-victims-friends-protesters-say" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">'No one deserved what happened to her' - victim's friends, protesters | Sudbury Star</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></h1>
<p style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet",serif"><span style="color:black">Family reeling as 16-year-old victim of alleged sword-and-SUV attack remains in hospital </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/family-reeling-as-16-year-old-victim-of-alleged-sword-and-suv-attack-remains-in-hospital-1.7381689" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Family reeling as 16-year-old victim of alleged sword-and-SUV attack remains in hospital | CBC News</a></span></b></span></span></span></span></p>
<h1 style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px"><span style="font-size:24pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet",serif"><span style="color:black">18-year-old charged with attempted murder in Cobalt makes first court appearance</span></span></span> <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/attempted-murder-cobalt-attack-court-1.7381097" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">18-year-old charged with attempted murder in Cobalt makes first court appearance | CBC News</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px"><span style="font-size:24pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet",serif"><span style="color:black">16-year-old hit by an SUV and then attacked with a sword in Cobalt assault, police reveal </span></span></span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/cobalt-haileybury-attack-attempted-murder-1.7380215" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">16-year-old hit by an SUV and then attacked with a sword in Cobalt assault, police reveal | CBC News</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px"><span style="font-size:24pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="color:black"><span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">Cobalt teenage attack victim in 'stable' condition in Ottawa hospital </span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.baytoday.ca/city-police-beat/cobalt-teenage-attack-victim-in-stable-condition-in-ottawa-hospital-9785833" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cobalt teenage attack victim in 'stable' condition in Ottawa hospital - North Bay News</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></h1>
<h1 style="margin-top:8px; margin-bottom:8px"><span style="font-size:24pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet",serif"><span style="color:black">Girl, 16, recovering in Ottawa hospital after vicious attack </span></span></span><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/girl-16-recovering-in-ottawa-hospital-after-vicious-attack-1.7377317" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Girl, 16, recovering in Ottawa hospital after vicious attack | CBC News</span></span></a></span></span></span></span></h1>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet",serif"><span style="color:black">OPP charge 18-year-old with attempted murder in small northern Ontario community</span></span></span></span></b> <b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/attempted-murder-teenager-hit-car-1.7374182" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">OPP charge 18-year-old with attempted murder in small northern Ontario community | CBC News</a></span></b></span></span></span></p></div></body></html>