Australian Story: Season 23, Episode 33

23 - 33: Hell's Angel

Introduced by Rosie Batty.

As Western Australia reels in shock from a succession of family mass murders, Perth advocate Dr Ann O'Neill offers a powerful message of hope.

Twenty-four years ago, Ann's estranged husband killed their two children and left her an amputee. She turned her grief into good and rebuilt her life to become one of the country's leading trauma experts.

In this update of a powerful episode from 2004, we follow Ann as she works with the Margaret River community in the wake of May's horrific mass killing.

As she helps those struggling with sudden loss, Ann offers hard-won wisdom about how to carry on in the face of sadness and grief.