'You cannot let people like this win'
Noir believes shooter tried to kill her
By PATRICIA BROOKS ARENBURG Staff Reporter
Thu, Jun 16 - 4:54 AM
http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1248732.htmlElle Noir had just undergone surgery to repair a gaping hole from her elbow to midway down her forearm from a shotgun blast.
But before letting a CBC-TV crew into her hospital room Tuesday night, friends rallied around to make sure she was her best beautiful self.
"I had a makeup artist, a hairstylist, a wardrobe stylist, everybody showing up just to make sure that I looked good when I was on camera," she said Wednesday.
A well-known Halifax drag queen performer, this Glace Bay native, born Chris Cochrane, is on the road to recovery after two men claiming to be police called her a "->-bleeped-<- ->-bleeped-<-got" and tried to shoot their way into her Fairview apartment.