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'I'm deeply hurt': Christa Pike speaks after surviving lethal injection

Christa Pike is speaking out publicly for the first time since she survived an execution attempt by the state of Tennessee on Sept. 30. "There hasn't been a moment since that night when I haven't been in pain," Pike said in her first public statement since the execution attempt, which her legal team shared Friday. "My body hurts. My arms hurt. My hands hurt. My throat hurts. I still struggle to speak. And the pain isn't just physical. There is pain in my mind and in my soul." Pike, 50, was sente