Hello tncmaher,
I had a USB that contained a lot of important data. Sadly, I did not back it up and, you guessed it, it got crushed accidentally. The memory chip was largely intact but the pins to the controller and the controller were badly damaged. I live in Toronto and could not get anyone there to fix it or recover the data but I was referred to Leopold Hiersche who lives in Germany. He recovered all my data and my experience with him was fantastic - quick and courteous. Good luck!! Eddie