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“We are passionate about finding answers for the families,” says Dr. Hourani, sipping coffee in his office while a colleague in a white hazmat suit uses a sink to rinse mud off a human pelvis.

At University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, scans revealed Leah had injuries including eight broken ribs, a shattered hip, three breaks in her pelvis, a fractured right foot and a punctured lung.

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Muhammad was shot in the pelvis and rushed by car to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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At the Bowl, Oldham came onstage in a wheelchair, which prompted Nelson to explain that the 82-year-old had cracked his pelvis in a “freak basketball accident” the other day.

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He suffered nine broken ribs and a collapsed lung and fractured his pelvis and collarbone.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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