Sosoliso plane crash survivor, Kechi Okwuchi recently got everyone talking about her when she got an unusual standing ovation at this year’s America’s Got Talent.
Unknown to many, inspite of the adverse effects of the plane crash on her health, the songstress graduated with a First Class degree from University of Thomas Houston, Texas on May 16th, 2015.In addition, she was inducted into 6 academic honor societies, was the most Outstanding student for her major in Economics and has already been accepted into graduate school for her MBA.
At the time of the crash, Okwuchi was a student of Loyola Jesuit College, a boarding high school in Abuja and was on her way home for the holidays when the crash occurred .
Okwuchi had more than 100 surgeries, including skin grafts in the US as a result of the severe burns all over her body. Doctors placed pins to support her hands but this didn’t stop her living her dreams, pursuing her passion and graduating in flying colours. She made diamonds out of the stones life threw at her.