Turkish parliament member Safak Pavey was a 19-year-old student of arts and cinema in Switzerland when she lost a leg and an arm in a train accident while seeing off a friend diagnosed with a brain tumor.

The suffering made Pavey stronger. Instead of giving up on life, she chose to cling tighter to it. She studied international relations at Britain’s Westminster University and then earned a postgraduate degree from the London School of Economics. Her research on non-Muslim communities’ property rights in Muslim countries was well received.

No longer just a train accident victim, she was becoming an active, internationally recognized world citizen. In 2011, Pavey was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World by Junior Chamber International.

Hitting the bottom and then rising up to the top — this is perhaps the best summary of how Pavey was reborn and became a hope for people in desperation and need. Coming back from the verge of death, she embraced life with greater zeal to become an inspiration for many. Is this perhaps a sign that she was born with a mission?