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Cottrell co-workers, first responders rally around hospitalized Gainesville woman with drive-by birthday

Veronica Velazquez, left, is greeted outside Northeast Georgia Medical Center by coworkers who organized a birthday parade for her. Velazquez has been recovering from a spinal cord injury she sustained in a wreck on March 2, 2021. In this photo, Aggie Smith, right, Alan Ramos, center left, and Smith's two daughters present Velazquez with a sign and balloons for her 23rd birthday on March 16, 2021. - photo by Thomas Hartwell

03172021 VELAZQUEZ 1.jpg — Veronica Velazquez, left, is greeted outside Northeast Georgia Medical Center by coworkers who organized a birthday parade for her. Velazquez has been recovering from a spinal cord injury she sustained in a wreck on March 2, 2021. In this photo, Aggie Smith, right, Alan Ramos, center left, and Smith's two daughters present Velazquez with a sign and balloons for her 23rd birthday on March 16, 2021. - photo by Thomas Hartwell

Velazquez, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a serious car wreck early on March 2 that left her without the ability to walk, had been recovering at Northeast Georgia Medical Center since the accident.