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ZYTARUK: Voice from the past found light in darkness

Surrey man horrifically stabbed in 1996 shares what he’s learned about life
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Amanjit Pannu reflecting on his ‘second life’ after horrific 1996 stabbing in Surrey. (Photo: Tom Zytaruk)
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This has got to be the daddy – if not granddaddy – of follow-up stories. Last week while purging stuff from my filing cabinet I came across a clipping of a story I wrote in 1998 about Amanjit Pannu, a Surrey 7-Eleven clerk who was gruesomely attacked with a large hunting knife and how, with the flash of that blade, his life changed forever.

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About the Author: Tom Zytaruk

I write unvarnished opinion columns and unbiased news reports for the Surrey Now-Leader.
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