WORDS CARRIE LYELL
Sylvia Mac was four years old when she fell backwards into a bowl of boiling water during a game of hide-and-seek with her sisters, resulting in third- and fourth-degree burns across her back and other parts of her body. Her injuries were so severe, Sylvia was put into a medically induced coma, and doctors told her parents she wouldn’t make it through the night. A priest was called, and she was given her last rites.