Baton Rouge woman survives shooting, cancer, now models in fundraiser fashion show

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Angela Gabriel describes herself as blessed. Her family describes her as feline.

“My sister feels like I have 9 lives and she says, ‘ Angie, you ought to be careful you’re using up all your lives,” Gabriel said.

You first met Gabriel from a hospital bed in 2017. Her partner at the time shot her nine times while she was lying in the bathtub. She survived, but it left her paralyzed. After months of rehab, she adjusted to a modified life in a wheelchair. Then her son bumped into her…

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