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Personal Writing Draft TITLE: Why me? PURPOSE: To share an emotionally fragile personal experience. AUDIENCE: Adults and teenagers who are close to someone who has had their lives changed by an unfortunate turn of events. At 12 years old the world was at my fingertips. I was a gymnast, a competitive swimmer and a netballer. I had the ability to achieve anything and had been given the opportunity to train for the Australian Institute of Sport to become a champion swimmer. Life was wonderful and everything was falling into place. All my dreams were coming true and all my work was finally paying off. In 1993 at the age of 13 I was playing netball for my hometown of Tongala, in country Victoria. I was playing an exceptional game. One of my friends was playing on the opposing team and quietly informed me that the players in her side had been told to remove me from the court by any means necessary. During the