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Rescued woman recounts three days in swamp ordeal
83-year-old Tillie Tooter told reporters at Broward General Medical Center she prayed screamed and raged while trapped in her wrecked car after a 40 foot fall from I-595 into a swamp. She described using rainwater and improvised rations to survive three days until a passerby spotted her and rescuers used Jaws of Life.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Tillie Tooter
Broward General Medical Center
Tooter
NBC
Broward General Hospital
Brooklyn
New York