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What an incredible feel-good story! 26-year-old Maria Williamson was shot in the face and ultimately lost her eye after an attempted carjacking in June. While Maria was recovering in the hospital, she had no idea her future best  friend had just been taken to a nearby Animal Rescue Foundation. His name is “Bear” and he is just 4-weeks-old. The little pup was attacked by a much bigger dog and the accident caused his eye to pop out of it’s socket. Maria adopted Bear right away, saying it was fate. “I immediately thought, ‘He’s so perfect! I know his struggles and I know what he is going through,'” adding, “We both see life through one lens.” “Like me, he is a survivor,” she says. “We are not victims, we are survivors who get to share our story.”