Overview
- The injury occurred in her Potsdam garden on New Year’s Eve when a consumer firework battery ignited immediately after being lit.
- Plewig says a pressure wave struck her face before the device exploded, knocking her to the ground and damaging her left eye.
- Doctors performed two operations but confirmed that sight in the injured eye could not be restored.
- She had recently completed chemotherapy for breast cancer and says the fireworks were legally purchased and set up with safety precautions.
- Friend and TV host Vera Int-Veen has publicly supported her, while Plewig’s petition argues that private fireworks cause severe injuries, deaths and harm to animals and the environment.