John Graziano Released From Hospital

Former 24-year-old soldier, John Graziano, was discharged from the hospital, after suffering terrible injuries during a drag racing accident, as a passenger in a car driven by reality TV star Nick Hogan.

The accident left Graziano wheelchair bound, with severe brain damage, making him unable to care for himself and sent Nick Hogan to jail for 5 months.

John Graziano leaves hospital two years after car wreck with Nick Hogan

Posted: Sep 09, 2009 12:44 PM - TAMPA — John Graziano was released Wednesday morning from the James A. Haley VA Medical Center in Tampa, two years after he suffered severe brain damage while riding in a car with Nick Hogan Bollea, son of wrestling star Hulk Hogan.

Doctors determined Graziano's condition had improved enough that he can go home, where he will have 24-hour care.

The 24-year-old Iraq War veteran has been hospitalized since the Aug. 26, 2007, wreck in which Bollea lost control of his Toyota Supra in downtown Clearwater and smashed into a palm tree. The crash broke parts of Graziano's skull. Bollea was uninjured.

Graziano, strapped into a wheelchair in the back of a minivan, stared straight as the van pulled away from the hospital at 12:42 p.m. His mother, Debra Graziano, and siblings, Michael Graziano and Christin Carson, rode with him.

Debra Graziano said her son was leaving "the best hospital imaginable." He would continue to need 24-hour care and will be assisted by nurses, friends and family, she said.

"I just thank God this day did happen," Debra said. "I have a strong faith in the Lord. He will get me through it."...

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Fatal Plane Accident On The Hudson River

A U.S. Airways flight attempting to ditch in the Hudson River in January 2009

A few months ago, a U.S. Airways plane crashlanded in the Hudson River in New York with no fatalities. Today, the situation was different, when a small plane and a helicopter collided, carrying Italian tourists.

It is believed eight people died in the accident. Search crews are still attempting to find survivors, while authorities are working to figure out what transpired that caused the collision.

New York mayor: Aircraft collision over Hudson not 'survivable'

NEW YORK (CNN) -- The search for nine people aboard a small plane and a helicopter that collided Saturday over the Hudson River has become a recovery mission, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
First responders gather on a pier after a plane and helicopter collided Saturday over the Hudson River.

Two passengers, including a child, and a pilot were believed to have been aboard the single-engine Piper PA-32 when it collided with the copter around noon between New York and Hoboken, New Jersey, Bloomberg said.

Five Italian tourists and a pilot were believed to be aboard the helicopter, an American Eurocopter AS350 operated by Liberty Helicopter Sightseeing Tours, Bloomberg said.

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