New York Woman Blinded by Shopping Cart Dropped by Teens Forgives Them

The New York mother of two who suffered a serious brain injury and lost the use of her left eye after two teenagers sent a shopping cart crashing down 50 feet onto her says she forgives the boys and is more concerned for the welfare of her own teenage son, who witnessed the accident.

Marion Hedges was briefly in a coma and now needs daily physical therapy after two teenage boys hoisted a shopping cart over the railing of a shopping mall parking garage last fall.

In a video tape obtained by the New York Post, the two teens are seen hoisting a shopping cart at the East Harlem Target shopping center in New York City. At first it gets stuck, but then the teens push it over, sending it crashing 50 feet down and hitting Hedges, 47, as she is standing below. Hedges spent weeks fighting for her life.

"I wish them well, I do," she said. "I feel very sorry for them. My son is 13 also, and he is a very good boy."

Hedges' forgiving attitude is less surprising knowing that she is a philanthropist who works with an organization that gives to women and children. She was at the mall at the time buying Halloween candy for under-privileged children.

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