Lucky to Be Alive, Woods Faces Difficult Recovery

Lucky to Be Alive, Woods Faces Difficult Recovery
A crane is used to lift a vehicle following a rollover accident involving golfer Tiger Woods in the Rancho Palos Verdes suburb of Los Angeles, on Feb. 23, 2021. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP Photo
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LOS ANGELES—In a career filled with remarkable comebacks, Tiger Woods faces perhaps his toughest recovery of all.

Woods was driving alone through a sweeping, downhill stretch of road through coastal suburbs of Los Angeles when his SUV struck a sign, crossed over a raised median and two oncoming lanes flipped several times before coming to rest on its side. Its airbags deployed.