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The way you look at this story will tell you a lot about yourself. For instance, you could say the accident Tom Gutcher survived three months ago was a stroke of terrible luck. That’s one way to view it. But the string of events that followed might convince even the worst cynic among us how lucky Tom truly is. And how fortunate we are to have heard the tale — if we take its lessons to heart. On May 20, Tom was taking his two daughters, Sarah, 16 and Laura, 19, to Valencia to buy a new car. They made it as far as Taft Highway when dust obscured the road. Tom slowed and was rammed from behind in what became a multi-car pile-up. Tom’s seat collapsed and he flopped backwards. Sarah hit her head and suffered a gash above her left eye. Otherwise, he thought at the time, they were OK. He called his wife, Linda, from the accident, asking her to come retrieve him and Laura, but then thought better of it and rode in the ambulance with Sarah to Kern Medical Center....
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