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TIL paramedic Matt McKnight set the WR for 'Farthest Distance Thrown in a Car Accident' when he was struck by a car traveling 70mph while working at an accident site & thrown 118ft. Despite a broken shoulder, a thigh ripped open to the bone, a broken pelvis & leg, he returned to work a year later.

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