For Pieter Kort, the halls of UF Health Jacksonville once represented a place of profound grief and loss.
Nearly three years after a devastating car accident in Clay County claimed the lives of his two young daughters, the Canadian father returned to the hospital, this time to say thank you.
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Kort and his family, from Ontario, Canada, frequently vacationed in Florida. In 2022, a cherished family tradition ended in tragedy when a cement truck rear-ended their van at the intersection of U.S. 301 and County Road 218.
The accident sent the family to UF Health Jacksonville, where Kort mourned the loss of his daughters, Madeline and Joni, while simultaneously recovering from his own injuries…