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SW Philly COVID survivor battles back from near-death and takes on Broad Street Run

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SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA - For many, life is back to normal since the pandemic began three years ago. But, for one family from Southwest Philadelphia, life has been anything but normal.

That’s because Rodney Wescott, husband and father of two, nearly died after his bout with COVID in 2021.But, now he’s on a mission and Sunday, he’ll be on the starting line at the Broad Street Run."They told me, they said, ‘You have 15 minutes to live,’" Rodney Wescott stated.COVID had ravaged his body and his life flashed before his eyes in 2021.

Then came the ventilator and through the power of medicine, sheer will to live and prayers, Rodney beat the odds during the height of the pandemic."I woke up and my whole life was turned upside down.

I couldn’t walk, I couldn't talk. I said what’s going on?" Rodney said.RELATED COVERAGE:Day by day, week by week, he got stronger and walked out of physical rehabilitation in April of 2021.

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