Gail Strom News Today

We caught up with Hannah Strom and her family to find out how she is progressing three years after the horrific Holy Cross rowing accident in Florida.

December 16, 2020 Hannah Strom, left, and Abigail Spaulding, her physical therapist from Spaulding Rehab who ran alongside her. —Courtesy of Gail Strom Last January, a crash involving members of the Holy Cross women’s rowing team left Hannah Strom of Marion with severe injuries, including a traumatic brain injury and hearing loss. Now, less than a year later, Strom is not only back on her feet and preparing to head back to school, she also completed a one-mile run surrounded ...

Some said it’s a miracle Strom has made it as far as she has. The January 2020 crash her Holy Cross rowing team was involved in killed teammate Grace Rhett and left Strom with a broken femur and pelvis, a partially collapsed lung and a brain bleed. She was placed into a medically-induced coma after the crash and spent 100 days at Spaulding Rehab. “When I met her, she wasn’t talking, walking, standing or even getting out of bed,” physical therapist Abigail Spaulding said. Less than a ...