Oksana Masters: Ukrainian government said I died in the orphanage

17-time U.S. Paralympic medalist Oksana Masters, a Chernobyl survivor and Ukraine native, tells her story of adoption and her hesitation to meet her birth family.
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[@cathypreston1095]

Oh sweet Oksana. How amazing and lovely your sharing is with us all. Thank you

[@wildoceanappaloosawomangay2535]

Oksana’s body was born like this because of Chernobyl and her parents abandoned her at an orphanage where she and the children were regularly starved and raped and her best friend there was murdered by some of the men in front of her when they tried to escape.
Her mother was a single professor when she adopted her.
😔

[@readingwithkayla941]

I love her nose!!! It made me laugh when she said that at the end. So I get it.

[@MR-fn7rw]

Yes, her noise is beautiful! Love her profile too.