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Girl, 6, lost 40% of vision when she was mauled by pit bulls but saved by hero big sis

The mother of this six-year-old girl who lost 40 per cent of her vision in a brutal pitball attack has hailed the bravery of her 11-year-old daughter who risked her own life to save her sister from death.

Stay-at-home mum, Shalaye Newman, 31, from Glenwood, Hawaii felt the worst terror any parent could feel when her six-year-old daughter Violet was attacked by two out-of-control pitbulls.

She remembers the incident of November 5 2021 clearly. Violet and her older sisters Faith, 15, and Layla, 11, had been coming back from school.

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