Ask baddog, he took one of my old drives down to one in California for me years ago.
If it continually spins you might try a program like
Get Data Back first. I have successfully retrieved data off of "dead" drives a number of times over the years using this method. I did have to buy some hardware as well to wire the internal as an external.
They offer a demo so you can see if it can read your data before actually buying the software.
Good luck. I know how bad those situations can suck.

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