NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- An Australian tourist who lost her legs after a PATH train hit her in January tested positive for COVID-19 when she finally returned home after months of recovery in New York, according to a report.
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Visaya Hoffie, 23, was hit by a train after she fell onto the 14th Street PATH train tracks on Jan. 11, the New York Post reported, citing an Australian Broadcasting Corporation report.
Hoffie underwent a double amputation at Bellevue Hospital and spent months recovering with her mother at her side, according to the report. But as the two were finally traveling home to Brisbane in April, Hoffie started to feel sick — despite testing negative for COVID-19 in New York.
She was taken to a hospital as soon as she arrived in Brisbane, where she tested positive for the virus, the outlet reported. Her symptoms, however, have been “relatively mild."
Hoffie’s mother, Patricia Hoffie, called her daughter “unbelievable,” given everything she has been through in the past few months.
“Every mother’s going to tell you their kid’s good, right?” she told the outlet. “But she’s unbelievable. She’s just so resilient, so funny, so open to taking on the next hurdle.”