The daughter of Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee was moved on Monday from a Pennsylvaniahospital to The Ohio State University Medical Center, a week after she was involved in a collisionnear Philadelphia.
Rebekah Gee and her husband, Dr. Allan Moore, 31, were both injured on July 12 after the Vespathey were riding collided with an SUV.
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Rebekah Gee, the Ohio State president's only child, was seated behind her husband when theystruck the side of a Land Rover, according to the Lower Merion, Pa., Police Department.
The pair was airlifted to the hospital, 10TV News reported.
Moore, who suffered abdominal and head injuries, remained in Pennsylvania on Monday in seriouscondition.
Immediately after the crash, E. Gordon Gee traveled to Philadelphia to be with his daughter andson-in-law, 10TV News reported.
After returning to Columbus on Monday, Gee said his daughter would undergo several months ofrehabilitation at Ohio State.
"She has so many broken bones," Gee said. "Like Humpty Dumpty we're just going to have to puther back together again."
The rehabilitation program at Ohio State is among the best in the county, but Gee said thedecision to move Rebekah from her husband's side was gut-wrenching.
"It's awful for her, for me, for their family," Gee said. "It's the only choice we had, andthat's the thing that makes me sad."
Gee said his family had received a great deal of support from people throughout Ohio.
"I feel blessed to be back with mother Ohio," Gee said. "People in this state (are) soenormously generous with their thoughts and their prayers and support."
The president said the incident has put the value of life in perspective, and even moreimportance on the other sons and daughters he feels a great bond with.
"I have 60,000 young people I'm responsible for," Gee said, "and I love them all the time. Buttoday I love them even more."
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