Monday, August 24, 2009

Boy recovers after near decapitation

A young boy whose head was nearly detached in a car accident in July has made an amazing recovery, enough to start school and delight in climbing a fire truck.

Ryan Ooms, 11, suffered an internal decapitation which severed three vertebrae and left his neck supported only by skin and tendons. One false move by emergency personnel extricating him from the wreck could have meant paralysis or death.

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