Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old schoolgirl from Pakistan
shot by the Taliban in October because she believed girls should have the right
to go to school, released her first video statement following the attempt on
her life.
Doctors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England,
say Malala is doing well after two major surgeries this weekend. During the
operations, surgeons covered part of her shattered skull with a titanium plate
and implanted a hearing device for her damaged inner ear.
"Today you can see that I'm alive," Malala said in
a statement, which was taped days before her surgeries.
