NEW IMAGES ADDED Popular Huntington Councilwoman Celebrates Recovery, New Starts

Monday, March 6, 2017 - 20:19 Story and Photos by Tony Rutherford

At large councilwoman Rebecca Thacker is not supposed to be alive. Physicians gave her up on the ventilator after 'death rattles' occurred.

Thacker and hospital staff attribute her survival to prayerful interventions, so she and some friends gathered at Outback Steakhouse for a small celebration.

Elsa of Huntington joined the party as well as attorney Tim Eves to whom Thacker credits with "saving her life" through a proactive legal action.

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