Crime & Safety
'We Didn't Deserve This,' Miami Woman Recalls Getting Shot While Pregnant
Forbes said when her baby was born, she was just 2 pounds and 5 ounces and now weighs around 4 pounds.
July 26, 2023
MIAMI - For the first time, we are hearing about the remarkable recovery of both a 38-year-old woman who was shot while she was pregnant and her baby who had to be delivered prematurely by C-section.
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In an exclusive interview with CBS News Miami's Peter D'Oench, the mother, Shanell Forbes, said "We didn't deserve this. Nobody deserves this actually. They could have taken two lives, absolutely."
Forbes spent 22 days recovering at Jackson Memorial Hospital. She lost a kidney. Her baby Zoey was delivered by emergency C-section the same day Forbes was shot on June 1st and Zoey is still in the intensive care unit at the Holtz Children's Hospital.
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