Rio woke up stunned this week after a horrendous Sunday night incident. Brazilian volleyball standout Julia Rocha Marques de Azevedo, 28, was caught in the middle of an attempted mugging. It turned an ordinary drive with her father into a life-altering moment.

By Monday morning, the volleyball world was praying for good news. The early reports painted a chaotic scene, but also something close to a miracle. And as more details surfaced, the picture grew sharper and even more unreal.

That’s where the confirmed news (per Daily Mail, reported this week) lands: Azevedo survived a gunshot that sliced past her spine by a millimeter and her bladder by a centimeter before exiting near her hip. She posted it on Instagram, calling her survival a rebirth.

“I am literally born again. I am being very

See Full Page