‘A Living Testimony’
Sat, 08/28/2021 - 12:00am
When Carrie and her twin Cherie Samons were born a month premature in June 1971, their future looked uncertain at best. Cherie, who was born first, was given a 50 percent chance of survival while Carrie, who was born four minutes later and was briefly deprived of oxygen, was given only a 10 percent chance of survival. Carrie stopped breathing and for all practical purposes had died, but 10 minutes later she was revived.
