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HOUSTON, Texas — Jacki Dowling wears a small necklace, a heart-shaped lock with a small key. It’s the necklace her husband Capt. Bill Dowling gave her on Mother’s Day.
As he gave her the necklace he told her she held the key to his heart. Now, three months after the devastating fire at a hotel on the Southwest Freeway, Mrs. Dowling waits to see how much of her heart she will finally be able to bring home.
“I know he knows me. I can see it in his eyes,” Dowling said. Her husband was still hospitalized and later this week could finally be transferred to the rehabilitation program at TIRR Memorial Hermann.
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