Final missionary wounded at Brussels airport returns home

Final missionary wounded at Brussels airport returns home

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LEHI — The last of four LDS missionaries hospitalized after a bombing at the Brussels airport has returned home.

Elder Richard Norby was released from the University of Utah Medical Center and returned to his home in Lehi on Tuesday, nine weeks after the bombing, according to a family Facebook post.

In the post, Norby's family wrote, "This day was an absolute miracle."

It also stated Norby will continue with daily physical and occupational therapy sessions.

The family thanked everyone for heartfelt comments. They also said, "The road to recovery remains long, but manageable. The outcome for our father remains unseen, but we share his optimism that, 'It will be OK, whatever OK is. It will be OK.' "

Norby sustained the injuries, including third-degree burns and shrapnel wounds, in the March 22 Brussels airport terrorist bombing as he and his wife served as missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Two suicide bombers killed 17 people in the attack and wounded Elder Norby and three other Mormon missionaries.

Contributing: KSL TV, Peter Samore

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