Toddler Saved by Fisherman in Utah!

[Gameface]

https://www.cnn.com/2015/03/08/us/utah-baby-alive-submerged-car/index.html

(CNN)When a man went to a Utah river Saturday hoping to haul out fish, he inadvertently saved the life of a baby who had been trapped -- possibly for half a day.The angler waded into the Spanish Fork River around noon and then noticed a car upside-down in the water, public safety officials said in a statement.
Rescuers arrived and tipped the four-door car onto its side. They found the 18-month-old girl strapped in her car seat, still alive. The baby was taken to a Salt Lake City hospital, where she was in critical condition.
Rescuers also found the body of Lynn Jennifer Groesbeck, the girl's mother, in the driver's seat. She was 25 years old.

A couple years ago my wife, driving our 2006 Subaru Forester XT with my son and her mother in the car, lost control and rolled our car over the edge of Spanish Fork Canyon and ended up, after three rolls, in Spanish Fork River. Not only did they all walk away, they all climbed the hill back up to the road. My son was the least injured, my mother in law the most...with seat belt burns and cuts from the broken glass.

Stories like this remind me of what I could have lost. What others have lost. And the value of human life. It is humbling.

 

[bigb]

I read that story last night. It's amazing the girl survived that long.

 

[Beer]

So she was just in her car seat, upside down, for 14 hours? With her dead mom right there? That is the saddest thing I've heard in a long time.

 

[nightmare3983]

So she was just in her car seat, upside down, for 14 hours? With her dead mom right there? That is the saddest thing I've heard in a long time.

It will be even more sad if she doesn't survive.

 

[nightmare3983]

I keep thinking of Saved By The Bell when I see this thread title on the general forum page. Seeing "Saved By" and "Beer" are the causes of this effect.

 

[Beer]

It will be even more sad if she doesn't survive.

I'm assuming she has substantial brain damage from being upside down that long? So terrible. I know I keep saying it but ever since I had kids of my own this stuff really hits close to home. Tears me up inside. I literally tear up a few times a day just from reading headlines about sad things that happen to kids. My co workers probably think I'm a giant baby.

 

[nightmare3983]

I'm assuming she has substantial brain damage from being upside down that long? So terrible. I know I keep saying it but ever since I had kids of my own this stuff really hits close to home. Tears me up inside. I literally tear up a few times a day just from reading headlines about sad things that happen to kids. My co workers probably think I'm a giant baby.

That's possible. Critical condition can mean any number of things.

 

[nightmare3983]

This is great - the kid is improving.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2268881-155/baby-rescued-from-spanish-fork-river

 

[TroutBum]

Amazing story.



Fishermen: is there anything they can't do?

 

[Stifle Tower]

Amazing story.



Fishermen: is there anything they can't do?

Tell the truth about the size of the one that got away? Or the size of their rod?

 

[nightmare3983]

Tell the truth about the size of the one that got away? Or the size of their rod?

Just because they choose not to doesn't mean they can't.

 

[TroutBum]

Tell the truth about the size of the one that got away? Or the size of their rod?

Easy:

My fish never get away.

Trust me, it's huge.

 

[The Midnight]

Wow.. that is a miracle indeed.

 

[TroutBum]

Wow.. that is a miracle indeed.

My giant Rod, or that my fish never get off (unlike my many hoes)?

 

[Dumb Bloke]

So she was just in her car seat, upside down, for 14 hours? With her dead mom right there? That is the saddest thing I've heard in a long time.

Dont worry mate, God made it right. All four officers on scene individually reported hearing an angelic voice calling "save me, save me, save me". Her guardian was there holding her hand the entire time and it brought tears to my eyes.

I only wish the angels would actually interject for once, by killing Collin Kapernik.