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PICTURE OF THE WEEK: MARCH 3, 2016

Congratulations to the winners of POTW of week 6! First place went to Dominique Hessert, Second place went to Kim Bubello, and Kristen McNicholas won Honorable Mention! Thank you to everyone who submitted!

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Sarah Clemens reacts when her son Chris Clemens, 21, mouths “good morning” at the Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. on Mar. 3, 2016. Chris was hit by two cars on Feb. 13, 2016 and suffered a Diffused Axonal Injury in his brain and was in a coma until Mar. 2. He is part of the 10% of DAI patients that wake up.

First Place: Dominique Hessert

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Rashara Sutton, 23, scolds her 3-year-old son Poseidon after he wouldn’t listen to her in her home in Rochester, N.Y. on February 20, 2016.

Second Place: Kim Bubello

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Kristen McNicholas poses for a portrait with her mother, Barb Geraghty on Feb. 27, 2016. Barb suffered from a heart attack in 2012 that resulted in partially amputated foot.

Honorable Mention: Kristen McNicholas