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Woman injured in St. Thomas back on LI

Kelly Breem, who was injured in a crash in St. Thomas, is airlifted to MacArthur Airport and taken to Stony Brook University Medical Center. Videojournalist: Jessica Rotkiewicz (Dec. 1, 2011)

Ever since her daughter fell into a coma after being hit by a car in the U.S. Virgin Islands last month, Ridge resident Althea Richardson worried.

She worried about how she'd get her daughter Kelly Breem, 34, who was unable to move her right side, back to Long Island where she could get better medical care. Richardson also worried about whether her daughter would ever walk or talk again.

Thursday...

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