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texasleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 09:26 AM
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did you see that story on MSNBC about mistaken identity?
Oh my. There was a car accident in which several people died.
In the car, there were two young women who looked alike.
One family was informed that their daughter had died, the other family was told that their daughter was in a coma. Well, it turns out that the one in the coma was the one that had been reported as dead to her family, and the family that thought their daughter was alive was informed that their daughter had indeed died in the accident. This was after several weeks.
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pepperbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 09:28 AM
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1. This'll take care of Fix's news cycle for weeks...
as the two in question are pretty blonde women.
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 09:31 AM
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2. Wasn't there a story
like this a while back? I wish I could remember, might have been sons? Anyone?
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Caoimhe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 09:49 AM
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3. I have a hard time with this
how could you not recognize your own child? I realize she was probably bunged up good from the wreck, but how can a parent not recognize even the smallest details, like the shape of a child's fingernails or birthmarks or moles or shape of the ear (all ears are different.. the shape of her feet..etc. Maybe wishful thinking caused them to not notice such details.

Sad all around. Maybe the girl that is alive will have bonded a bit with the other parents and they can remain close, I can see nothing else good that can come out of this.
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AnneD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 10:30 AM
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4. Believe me...
It can happen. With severe accidents you can have swelling, bruising, equipment that cannot be moved, etc. I saw the photos of both girls and unless they had identifing scars or marks...it really can happen innocently enough. But how sad for the family of the girl that did die.
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 10:31 AM
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5. terrible story.
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