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Barrington boy rejoins classmates after train accident

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Dominic Szymanski, 11, basks in the cheers of his classmates as he made a surprise visit to Hough Street School in Barrington Tuesday.

Rick West | Staff Photographer

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Luke and Gayle Szymanski join Dominic, as he sits down in a "special guest" chair to watch the play.

Rick West | Staff Photographer

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Classmates cheered as Dominic Szymanski, a fifth grader at Hough Street School in Barrington, made a surprise visit Tuesday, almost two months after the 11-year-old survived being struck by a train. The unexpected reunion came during an all-school assembly for a student performance of "Romeo and Juliet," and a day after the Barrington village board meeting, where Dominic personally thanked the first-responders and good Samaritans who came to his rescue.