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Angels saved Jennilyn and her children Long and painful recovery for local woman By Ellen Cohen Many in this community know about the horrific car crash on Highway 11 near Soules Rd. that took place on April 11, 2018. A driver was traveling southbound in the northbound lane and hit a van. Inside the van was Jennilyn Reed and two of her five children. Before first responders were on the scene, an off-duty doctor, nurse and paramedic, who happened to be traveling on the highway that night, cared for and comforted Jennilyn and the children. When first-responders arrived it was determined the jaws-of-life were needed to extract Jennilyn safely from her crushed vehicle. Jennilyn remembers it taking a long time and that when she was extracted the pain was unimaginable. She was then air-lifted to a Toronto trauma centre. The children, one with a broken bone, and the other with scrapes and bruises, were taken to the Orillia hospital, treated and released. “It’s so hard to explain how I felt when it was happening,” said Jennilyn. “It was like slow motion, but not. Everything was clear
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and I could talk to people and hear them. But the look of terror on my son’s face, that was the worst. It still gives me nightmares. I am a woman of faith and I just kept asking God to look after my children. Take me - but don’t harm them.” Jennilyn believes that there was a full circle of angels around her car that night. The wonderful three off-duty professionals who stopped at the side of the road to help her; the first responders who came on the scene and freed her from the car; the excellent doctors and nurses at St. Michael’s Hospital and Soldiers’; and ‘the other angels, God’s angels, who were there to watch over my children’.
She added, “I also have to be so thankful to my car for the safety of my children. My Toyota Sienna is a van equipped with many features, including safety curtains. They worked so well. I’ve actually called Toyota to thank them.” In mid-May, Jennilyn was transferred from St. Michael’s to Soldiers’ Memorial. She may be an in-patient for months to come. She will undergo physiotherapy for her multitude of broken bones including hip, pelvis, femur, shin, ankle and more. And she will make occasional trips to St. Michael’s for follow-up on the numerous life-saving
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