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Family members will learn to cope with trauma of loss

Denna Cohen holds a photo of her daughter

Denna Cohen holds a photo of her daughter Jodi Cohen, who died 20 years ago. / Newsday Photo - Ana P. Gutierrez / July 28, 2009

More than 20 years have passed since Denna Cohen's only daughter, Jodi, was killed by a drunken driver, yet she still cries for her.

"You never get over it," said Cohen, of Coram. "It becomes part of your life and you learn to live with the emptiness and the loss."

The surviving family members of those killed in the Taconic State Parkway crash Sunday face an incredibly painful and intense...

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