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Crystal Lake woman recalls near-drowning experience last summer

Roxana Romero and Fabiola Ucles wipe away tears as they talk with nurses Wednesday at Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital. The pair were rescued after their car crashed in a Lake in the Hills pond almost a year ago. (Jim Prisching)

Roxana Romero and Fabiola Ucles wipe away tears as they talk with nurses Wednesday at Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital. The pair were rescued after their car crashed in a Lake in the Hills pond almost a year ago. (Jim Prisching)

Viviana Avila, a patient relations interpreter, helps translate for Roxana Romero as Fabiola Ucles discusses the day she escaped from her car after Romero crashed into a pond in Lake in the Hills. (Jim Prisching)