Photo flight attendant testifies in Zaventem bombing trial: 'My husband didn't recognize me anymore'

Photo flight attendant testifies in Zaventem bombing trial: 'My husband didn't recognize me anymore'

One photo, just after the second bomb went off in Zaventem, made her world famous. Indian flight attendant Nidhi Chaphekar (47) testified at the terror trial about what she experienced both during and after the attacks. “Because of that photo, my family knew I was still alive.”

Flight attendant of iconic photo after the Zaventem bombing was on the verge of death: 'I wanted to help out'

“Doctors thought I was a black woman, even though they were burns”: flight attendant from iconic photo testifies at terror trial

One photo, just after the second bomb went off in Zaventem, made her world famous. Indian flight attendant Nidhi Chaphekar (47) testified at the terror trial about her suffering during and after the attacks. “Because of that photo, my family knew I was still alive. But when I came out of the coma after 23 days, I didn't recognize them anymore.” The audience shut them down; they didn't give the accused a look.

Flight attendant on iconic photo of the Zaventem attack tells her story: “I saw how the skin on my hands came off”

The photo of that Indian flight attendant after the attacks. It is a description that is sufficient to recall the image for many. The photo of Nidhi Chaphekar in her torn yellow blazer on the seats in the Zaventem departure hall. Staring blankly in front of him, apparently less seriously injured than many others. But the photo is deceptive, as it turned out in the assistance room on Tuesday. If only because Nidhi would never be a flight attendan…