She Will Not Forget: A story of love, strength, and hope

December 2010. Two vehicles collide on an icy patch on a Toronto highway. Shoma Basu, trapped inside the wreckage of her car is barely alive yet she senses a presence, smells roses, and, her tortured breathing relaxes. When help arrives, Shoma is alone. In the ambulance, she reaches for her purse tucked beside her when in shocked disbelief she realizes she has moved the part of her body that bore the brunt of the crash. And, her hand smells of roses. She does not wear perfume. It becomes th...