INDIANAPOLIS - A couple sat by their daughter's hospital bedside for weeks after an auto accident until she came out of a coma and they realized she was not their daughter after all, but another blond-haired young woman injured in the wreck. Their own daughter, it turned out, was dead and buried.
In a tragic mix-up, one family had been incorrectly told their daughter had died in the April 26 crash in Indiana, and another was erroneously informed their daughter was in a coma.
The two young women — both students at Indiana's Taylor University — looked remarkably alike, and the one in a coma suffered facial swelling, broken bones and cuts and bruises, and was in a neck brace.
Here's a photo of both girls:
Cerak and VanRyn look so much alike that they could easily have passed for sisters. I'll be keeping both of these families in my prayers for a long time. They have gone through something so horrible that I can't even imagine how it must feel. You can read this article in full here.
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I read about this too...how awful for the dead girl's family but what a miracle for the family of the girl who survived. It's a bit eerie how much they looked alike though.
i don't think they look that much alike.
I hope the families don't mind having this kind of publicity. Because something in me suggests the media vultures wouldn't care even if they did.
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