by Linda Straker
- Doctors have given thumbs up on Micah’s prognosis
- Micah is a senior at Buffalo State College of State University of New York
Michael Bascombe, father of Micah Bascombe has described his daughter as a walking miracle and lucky to be alive, following an early Sunday morning shooting in University Heights, Buffalo, New York, USA.
“She remains conscious. The doctors have given the thumbs up on her prognosis,” Bascombe said in a Facebook post on Monday, 24 February in which he updated his friends and followers. Early Sunday morning he called on friends to pray for his daughter and the family.
“She’s a walking miracle and lucky to be alive because the bullet penetrated and exited the skull just above the left eye,” he shared in the post. He had earlier posted that his daughter continues to be in high spirits, but remains in the ICU.
“When you see your baby smile, there is nothing more you can ask for,” was the message on her mother, Hazel Ann Bascombe’s Facebook page. Micah is a senior at Buffalo State College of State University of New York, studying psychology.
Bascombe is well known for his sport journalism work and is presently working in the US with the Department of Homeland Security. He said the family spent most of Monday morning with the detectives of the Gun Violence Unit of the Buffalo Police Department, the Assistant Chief of Police of the University Police Department of Buffalo State and the Dean of Students of Buffalo State. “They have been collecting evidence and interviewing people who they believe could assist in their investigations,” he said.
A report in the Sunday edition of The Buffalo News website quoted the police as saying that a 20-year-old woman was in serious condition after she was struck by gunfire just before 3 am near Bailey and Berkshire avenues. She was transported to Erie County Medical Centre.
Bascombe, who migrated with his family to the USA more than 10 years ago used the post to thank all those who prayed and continue to pray for his daughter and the family. “Thank you for the many calls and offer of support through this difficult time including some incredible folks at the Department of Homeland Security and the many family members who made the journey and gathered at her bedside with short notice,” he wrote.
This Is Terrible. I hope by now she is fully recovered. Yes I agree-Too many guns.
Anyway, somehow you Anon came to my mind today(October 23/2020) so I googled you and this came up and i thought the name Michael Bascombe sounded familiar so I read the article.
(Anna Noel) I too worked at the same location.
.may god be with this family she will be a living testimony for god
MICHAEL you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. May God Almighty give her a speedy recovery and stretch his hands upon her.
Like many others who viewed the story, I am confident they join me in hoping for the most positive long-term outcome for Micah. It is extremely unfortunate that, in today’s society, there is such low value placed on human life as evidenced by the excessive and careless use of firearms. Let’s all send out genuine good wishes for the victim and her family.
On another note, is this Micheal Bascome who worked at Records Office at the St. George’s General Hospital in the 1970s? I worked at the same Institution during the same time.