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Miracle recovery of race car driver Jim Cook after fatal crash
In Riverside in January 1970 Jim Cook crashed into a concrete wall during the Motor Trend 500. He survived after an emergency tracheotomy and multiple operations. Months later he left Riverside for Rancho Los Amigos and began a long road to partial recovery aided by plastic surgery and rehabilitation.
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Evangeline Cook
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