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News Reporter Aided by FDNY in Sept., Woke from Coma Over the Weekend
11/16/2003
November 17, 2003 -- Rebecca Spitz, the NY1 reporter who awoke from a coma this weekend nearly two months after being injured while on assignment in Harlem, will soon enter a rehabilitation center as part of her recovery, a source close to the family said yesterday.
In the next week or two, Spitz, 31, will be transferred out of St. Luke's Hospital to a New York City-area facility so she can continue with her recuperation, the source said.
"We feel pretty encouraged she'll have a strong recovery from what we've seen so far," said the source.
Spitz, who had been in a chemically induced coma since her Sept. 19 accident, regained consciousness around 10 a.m. on Saturday morning and spoke, saying she was thirsty and cold.
She met with ecstatic family and friends, learned of her accident and nodded to her fianc
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