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18-year-old Paige Roland worked at the Astor supermarket in Glen Rothas, Scotland. The

Astor store was open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and was a common first job for local

teenagers. When Paige wasn't pursuing her interests in reading, writing and drawing,

she worked a few shifts a week at the supermarket as a shelf-stacker. There was nothing interesting

or remarkable about the job. Most days were like every other, but her colleagues were nice,

had had decent benefits and a cane with a generous staff discount. On October 3, 2014,

Paige was working her regular shift at Astor. She was in the breakfast aisle, tasked with

arranging cereal boxes neatly and replacing stock. As she stood up from fixing the boxes

on the bottom shelf, something hard hit the back of her head.

Paige collapsed, the tinkering sound of shattering glass echoed down the aisle. Colleagues rushed

to her aid. Paige was on the floor, blood pooled from a gaping wound at the back of her

head. A bakery chef found a task to press against the wound to stem the gush. Initial

considerations that Paige had accidentally hit her head on a shelf above were quickly dismissed.

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