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I just really enjoyed this story:
"Teen Who Survived Car Crash Alert"

SEATTLE - A teenage girl who survived eight days stranded in her car after it crashed and tumbled into a ravine is alert, sarcastic and entertaining her doctors from her hospital bed, her sister said Wednesday.

Doctors said 17-year-old Laura Hatch may have been saved by her own dehydration, which prevented the expansion of a blood clot in her brain.

"She has a very strong personality," her sister Amy told ABC's "Good Morning America." "I wouldn't say she necessarily knows what she's saying all the time, or what's going on, but she's strong willed and sarcastic and she's definitely giving them a run for their money as far as giving them attitude."

"Sarcastic and entertaining her doctors." I so want to send this girl flowers. And this is on top of the part about how she was in the ditch for eight days and wasn't found until after she was given up for dead and one of the volunteer searchers had a psychic dream and went back into this random stretch of woods with her daughter looking for her, which you wouldn't even believe if this were fiction, but it is real life, which makes it incredibly awesome.



Completely off that topic: USAToday raves about tonight's episode of Lost, saying that flashbacks (no!) "unveil a string of increasingly surprising secrets. The final twist is a shock, but it's not a cheat. The clues are all there, if you look for them. This is simply a great hour of TV, and one that gives you every reason to expect more great hours ahead." Be there or be square, y'all.

Date: 2004-10-13 12:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ambiguousreason.livejournal.com
I live in Seattle!! How is it that I have not heard about this yet? (I never watch the news, that's how.) Pretty spiffy. :D

Date: 2004-10-13 12:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] decor-noctis.livejournal.com
That girl has spunk. I like her.

OMG please say you're doing another of your fantasmic reviews of Lost! I live for those reviews!!...well...I don't get Lost here so it's great that I can just look at your review (which is undoubtedly more entertaining than the actual show, even without the presence of Dominic Monaghan)

((am i first to comment?? *feels special*))

Date: 2004-10-13 12:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] decor-noctis.livejournal.com
DAMNIT! SO CLOSE!

Date: 2004-10-13 12:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lothos.livejournal.com
Cool article! I can't wait to see the new Lost episode!

Date: 2004-10-13 12:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meredith-mae.livejournal.com
Can't. Wait. For Lost. Last week's episode was kind of blah. Oh man, I will be examining every inch of this episode. I'm so used to reading books for clues (cough*HarryPotter*cough), maybe I can figure it out. I hope the twist is really as good as people think it will be, and not lame like Taking Lives. I wish my brother was around. He can always guess the ending of a show in the first 15 minutes.

Date: 2004-10-13 12:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maggiesox.livejournal.com
AUGH. They WOULD rave about this one, when I have not one, but TWO conflicts. Stupid playoffs. Stupid debate...

Date: 2004-10-13 01:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meredith-mae.livejournal.com
Yay for West Coast! Debate coverage begins at 5:30pm and I'll turn off the post debate stuff in time for Lost.

Date: 2004-10-13 01:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] missmp.livejournal.com
The way Fox drags out the team intros, you'll probably miss about a half an inning (at least this is what I'm telling myself, because lots o' Terry O'Quinn trumps even my beloved Sox)

Date: 2004-10-13 01:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] somewhatmoot.livejournal.com
I am beyond psyched for tonight's episode.

Date: 2004-10-13 01:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] law-witch.livejournal.com
I am SO looking forward to LOST tonight (and your recap!) It'll be the perfect unwind after the debate. (which I hopefully won't fall asleep during!)

Pyschic Dreams, Polar Bears & Mechasaurs, OH MY!

Date: 2004-10-13 01:23 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I read on my MSN yesterday that they had difficulty at the start of the search because she was coming home from a party that where underage drinking had occurred (shocked I tell you, shocked).

And I don't need to watch LOST, I have your terrifically terrific sum ups to read.

Just an anonymous reader who enjoys your writing and am looking forward to someday saying, "I've been reading Cleolinda's work way before she became famous."

;)

Date: 2004-10-13 01:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arayuldaiel.livejournal.com
Anyone who is sarcastic to their doctors after bring trapped in their car for EIGHT DAYS is incredibly awesome. Yay for snark!

'Be there or be square'? Hun, if anyone doesn't watch Lost by choice, they're a rectangle, man.

Date: 2004-10-13 02:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] theatre-angel.livejournal.com
You have to send that girl flowers. It is a requirement for LIFE. ^_^

Date: 2004-10-13 02:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cleolinda.livejournal.com
How would I get in touch with her/her family, you think?

Date: 2004-10-13 02:36 pm (UTC)
elbales: (Destiny)
From: [personal profile] elbales
The article says she's at Harborview Medical Center. *googles*

Ta da.
http://www.uwmedicine.org/Facilities/Harborview/

You call a florist, you say "I want to send flowers to Laura Hatch at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle," and the florist says "Okeydokey, that'll be 10 gazillion dollars for a nosegay."

Seriously... I think that should do it. You could always call the hospital directly; big hospitals often have flower shops on location, though the prices are probably a serious gouge.

Date: 2004-10-13 02:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] frodosgoosegirl.livejournal.com
Ooh I read about her in the paper. Apparently when they found her she said "I guess I'm a little late for curfew."

Date: 2004-10-13 02:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] frodosgoosegirl.livejournal.com
And I will so be there for Lost. Twenty hours later. ::grumbles::

Date: 2004-10-13 11:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] edda.livejournal.com
Ooh I read about her in the paper. Apparently when they found her she said "I guess I'm a little late for curfew."

That girl is the reincarnation of Oscar Wilde, apparently. Don't you love her?

Chills in Seattle

Date: 2004-10-13 03:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] catscorner.livejournal.com
I live less then a mile from where they found this girl and I can tell you that I'm totally astounded that they found her. I always thought there was something to psychic visions but now I'm convinced. There is just no way anybody could have known she was down this ravine... it's completely hidden from the main road, which winds up a hill and is kind of treacherous. Which you'd think would have been a good clue for where to look, but from what I understand, this was not her normal route home so they had no reason to be looking there.

F-R-E-A-K-Y!

So excited about Lost! Can't wait!

Date: 2004-10-13 03:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aurora-borialis.livejournal.com
Wow... That's amazing.

Lost TONIGHT! YAY!

Date: 2004-10-13 03:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tecno-fairy.livejournal.com
This story really made my day. What a top lass! I really hope she makes a full recovery and can share her snark with the world. You totally have to send her flowers.

Date: 2004-10-13 04:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katiefoolery.livejournal.com
I'm not suspicious about that 'psychic dream' at all. No, not a bit.

*looks suspicious*

Curse my traitorous face! :)

Date: 2004-10-13 04:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kassandra05.livejournal.com
I really want to send that girl flowers, but I can only afford to spare $5. I would be willing to PayPal it to you if you want to start a collection.

Also: *bounces* I just got my cable TV back after going without for almost two years, but I'm still watching LOST tonight. Am so excited about this show.

Date: 2004-10-13 05:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] toodleskitty.livejournal.com
So much stuff happened in Seattle when I visited. Way cool that young woman survived.

Date: 2004-10-13 05:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] caitlen.livejournal.com
I love that story too. It actually made the news down here (Aust.) but I hadn't heard anything about her recovery. Go Girl - you tell those Dr's!

Date: 2004-10-13 05:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gniko.livejournal.com
I saw that on Google News while skimming the other day before it came up on the afternoon news. .. It feels like one of those eps of ER where they have the accident victim who's all fun and seems perfectly ok, going to recover - hah made the docotors smile.. then BAM! Aneurism/heartattack/Ihateyouproducers!

I think she'll be ok though.

The big flashback sequences must be about Kate then, no? I really need to know what she was being chased for, seriously. And the putting him out of his misery bit! Augh! Terrible! No! Don't make him suffer more! roar! I'm glad the uncomfortable father guy made up with his son. But what's with the bald old man? that face he made at the end of the ep! ah!

Lost and presidential debate, I'm so stealing the tv.

Date: 2004-10-13 11:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] edda.livejournal.com
I finally got my TiVo-like satellite TV thingie and recorded Lost! Unfortunately, I don't have time to both read your synopses (I almost wrote "biopsies" and had a very amusing vision of you in scrubs) and watch the episode tonight. So of course I'm trying to stay away from the current one so I can save the BIG SEKRIT for tomorrow night. *sweats, gulps*
From: [identity profile] randomrhapsody7.livejournal.com
hi there... I'm a friend of Arielle's and if you ever click her friends list, you might know a little about me...

yea, well... about crazy true life stories?

a 14 year old girl met a guy at an Anime Convention, and they talked for a while, and he gave her his phone number cuz he was afraid if he asked for hers she'd think he was a creepy stalker. She ses him the next day, and he walks around with her and her friends. She leaves to go out of the country, and he goes out of state. She calls him after she gets back a month later... after corresponding for about 2 months via cell phone, text message, and AIM, he says he can come and see her. they have a blast, and her best friend comes ovr and they all have dinner. he goes home. a few days later, she gets al call that he was almost hit on the freeway...and a few days later, he was on a road trip, hit something, rolled the car over several times, hit a tree, and got the whole thing on tape. He was the only one hurt in the accident. He lost 80% of his memory, including their date. She has spent the last three days trying to help him remember who he is.

She is currently telling you this story.
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