On a cold winter day,a group of strangers band together to save three children.
The 30 miles of switchbacks(急转弯) that snake through the pinecovered mountains of Logan Canyon in Utah are enough to make most drivers' hands sweat.
But Roger Andersen,a 46yearold father of four,wasn't expecting any trouble on the road last New Year's Eve,when he set off for an unexpected ski trip to the Bear River Mountains with nineyearold daughter Mia,fouryearold son Baylor,and nineyearold neighbor Kenya Wildman.Andersen had driven through the canyon hundreds of times over the years.
“We ski in that area at least 20 times a year,” says Andersen.“I know the spots that ice up a lot in the winter.”
The weather was glorious for hitting the slopes—30 degrees and sunny—but the higher they drove,the slicker(滑溜溜的) the roads became.Rounding a sharp turn at mile maker 473,Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and tapped his brakes(刹车) suddenly.In an instant,the Honda Accord was sliding at 25 miles per hour toward the shoulder of the highway,then slipping down a steep tenfoot embankment(路堤) toward the cold Logan River.As it hit the water,the car tipped toward the passenger side,hesitated,and then rolled onto its roof and sank into
the river.
There was no time to tell the kids what to do.The crash had broken a few windows,and within seconds,the cab of the upsidedown car was filled with water.“It was frightening how fast we were completely underwater,” remembers Andersen,a softspoken product development manager.“You're thinking,‘Is this how it's all going to end?'”
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