BY WALTER OPINDE On 1st June, 1997, a young grandson of Malcolm X set a fire in Shabazz's Yonkers apartment. Shabazz suffered burns over 80% of her body, and remained in intensive care for three weeks, at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. Shabazz underwent five skin-replacement operations as doctors struggled to replace damaged skin and save her life. Shabazz later […]
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