Episode 1. Part 2. How Iryna saved 7 people from Mariupol

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Voice4Ukraine.Women Episode 1. Part 2.

How a Ukrainian woman, a cosmetologist, auto racer, and volunteer from Kharkiv, saved 7 people from Mariupol

I am sharing the second part of our incredible conversation, which gave me goosebumps, with Iryna Rassadina about her trip to Mariupol in March 2022.

Emotionally and captivatingly, Irina tells how, after enduring the stress of the first weeks in the basement in Kharkiv, instead of evacuating to Sweden with a friend who came to take her and her son away from the war, she decided to go to Mariupol to save almost complete strangers.

She needed to do this to find and restore that strong and free Herself that she almost lost due to fear and confusion in the first days of the war.

Her story is a kaleidoscope of challenging tales of people she met in Mariupol and on the way. It was difficult for me to listen to everything she went through, but at the same time, it was simply impossible not to hear her story. It's about how, in difficult times, we Ukrainians help each other. And how our abilities make it possible.

In Irina's story, many components make this heroic act possible.
If you watched the first part of our conversation (if not, then the link to it is in the comments), then you already know that Irina is a person who has been accustomed to being independent all her life, managing her own business, and helping others for years. She was involved in extreme sports, self-defense, and orienteering. Her entire previous life seemed to prepare her for this decision.

She knew how to gather herself in the most terrifying places when disgusting and dangerous people were near. She reached the goal even when her body didn't obey her under the shelling, and her hands didn't hold the steering wheel because of stress. For me, she is a vivid example of a person who consciously made her choice and, despite everything, saw it through to the end.

What resonates most with you in her story? What will you take with you if, at some point in your life, you have to make a similar incredible decision—to help another, risking your own well-being and even life?

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