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Palmer said she is grateful to have been given a second chance at life, thanks to the quick thinking of the police officers who pulled her over that December day.

\"I just wake up every morning and say, 'Thank you.' I opened my eyes and I'm alive. I go to work. I enjoy my kids. I enjoy my work. I just enjoy any breath I take,\" Palmer told \"GMA.\" \"Dec. 2, it's my second birthday because [of these] police officers. They [gave] me the best birthday gift I could ask for -- life.\"

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