1982 — Fowsia Musse is born in Somalia
1989 — Fleeing the violence in Somalia, Musse moves with her family to the Somali regional state in neighboring Ethiopia
1995 — Musse, one of nine children, arrives in the United States as a refugee at the age of 14.
2019 — Juweriya Subcis is chosen for the U.S.-sponsored Young African Leadership Initiative
July 2022 — Subcis comes to the United States for a leadership program after her selection as a Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders
August 2022 — Subcis visits her older sister and her family in Auburn. They tour The Store Next Door in Lewiston as a possible model for a charity they plan to open in the Somali region of Ethiopia.
Oct. 18, 2022 — Musse and two of her children, Moby and Hawa, fly to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, where her mother is getting cancer treatment
Oct. 25, 2022 — Musse and her children fly to Jigjiga Garad Wilwal Airport, where they become victims of a shooting spree by a federal police officer
Oct. 29, 2022 — Musse is taken to a hospital in Addis Ababa
Oct. 30, 2022 — Musse is transferred to the Norwegian-run Nordic Medical Centre in Addis Ababa, where surgeons amputate her right leg
Nov. 13, 2022 — Musse returns via air ambulance to Portland, Maine
Nov. 16, 2022 — Musse’s mother dies in Ethiopia
Feb. 7, 2023 — Musse is able to go home from the hospital
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