Hit by a Truck and Given Up for Dead, a Woman Fights BackBy MANNY FERNANDEZ The New York Times
Ms. Gossiaux was riding her bicycle in Brooklyn on the morning of Oct. 8 when an 18-wheel truck making a right turn struck her. Ms. Gossiaux’s mother said that on the second day a nurse told her that her daughter was gone, and asked about organ donations.
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The big rig had nearly killed her 71 days ago. Now she lay in bed, teasing Mr. Lundgard about the crush she had on him in sophomore year, laughing about a joke one of her therapists had told her. She spoke of wanting to graduate from Cooper, of wanting to sculpture again, of wanting to join the Peace Corps. She believes she will get her sight back. “They told me that there was a very small chance, but if there’s a chance, then I’ll believe in it,” she said, “and I’ll have hope in it.”
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