“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?'”
Then,Andersen began to search the freezing water for the kids.Mia had been right next to him in the front seat;now,in the blackness,he couldn't find her.“I thought,if I don't get out,maybe none of us is going to get out.” Andersen untied his seat belt,swam through a broken window,and gasped for air at the surface.That's when he saw a group of men,about ten in all,appear at the top of the embankment.One after another,they jumped into the water,shouting,“Who else is in the car?”Andersen says respectfully,“It was like the sight of angels.”
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