Woman paralyzed after turbulent descent
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The Associated Press reported that a woman experiencing airplane turbulence was rendered paralyzed in airspace over Texas.
A 47-year-old woman who was in the airplane's restroom at the time of the turbulence suffered a 
fractured neck, Dr. Trey Fulp, an orthopedic spine surgeon at McAllen Medical Center told The McAllen Monitor Monday. The woman, who Fulp did not identify for privacy reasons, was thrown against the ceiling.
Doctors spent six hours operating on her back after the plane landed Saturday and planned to operate on her neck Monday. The back injury left her paralyzed from the chest down,
