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Beating the odds

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Beating the odds

Date9/9/1982

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Bull, Ron (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Beating the odds: Joey Crocker, 10, the miracle kid, sits in his hospital bed, flanked by his father, Joe, and mother, Charlene. Joey, who fell through a plate-glass door six weeks ago and lost almost all his blood, has made a recovery that has amazed doctors, who feared he would be severely brain damaged.

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