Yet now,she says, people once again are faced with extensive crop losses and the loss of cattle from drowning.

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She has extensive police S.W.A.T. training and has participated in specialized aviation training with the Navy's elite TOPGUN School.

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Thrown over 50 feet from an SUV, she suffered extensive spinal injuries that left her partially paralyzed.

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Thrown more than 50 feet from an SUV, she suffered extensive spinal injuries that left her partially paralyzed.

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