Nicole McLean’s near-death experience has made her more grateful for love.
As Nicole McLean stood in the doorway of the Toorak church in her beautiful wedding gown, she was shrouded by a halo of sunlight. On an otherwise rainy Melbourne day, Nicole was glowing.
Seeing Nicole marry was something her family feared would never happen. After the 31-year-old was severely injured in the Bali bombings of 2002, losing her right arm in the process, she didn’t know if she’d ever recover.
“It’s a dead-set miracle for her to be here,” says her dad Jim. “We’re so lucky to have her.”
Just two days before Nicole almost died in the horrific bombings, her friend of seven years, Luke, professed his love for her. “I still don’t know why I chose that night to tell her I’d fallen in love with her,” he says. “It’s almost as if instinctively I knew something was going to happen.”
Forty-eight hours later, Nicole was fighting for her life on the floor of a Bali club. “I just remember a loud noise and a big flash of light… something hot and heavy hitting me to the ground,” she says. “I have no idea what, but that’s probably what chopped my arm off.”
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