YORK COUNTY, Pa. — What should have been a routine trip to the YMCA on a quiet June morning in southern York County turned into a nightmare crash for a young girl and her grandfather . Yet just months later, the pair are alive, healing and astonishing even their doctors with their recoveries.

Finleyy Rittler was at work that June morning when her phone lit up. She had left her 5-year-old daughter Penelope at home with the girl's grandfather, Scott, as she often did. He was retired and loved the routine: drive a few minutes from their neighborhood to the YMCA in Shrewsbury, drop Penelope at the kids’ program, then head to the gym.

Penelope and her grandfather, Scott Rittler, were headed to Shrewsbury when their car was struck head-on by a pickup truck that crossed across traffic, accord

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