Bronx stray bullet victim left partially paralyzed fights on: ‘I had a beautiful life’

The promise of the American dream that brought Stephany Colon to this country was shattered in a New York minute on a hot night last summer.

The 24-year-old had carved a path for herself in Boston, after immigrating here from Honduras when she was 17. She was working at a sandwich factory. She had a girlfriend. She enjoyed dancing to raspe music, a wild offshoot of reggaeton from her home country.

But everything changed in an instant for Colon — as quickly as the sound of gunfire on a summer night.