TheBlaze:SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former police officer Chris Willden didn’t hesitate when he realized children were trapped in an upside down car in an icy Utah river. He pulled his handgun, pushed it up against the submerged windows and shot out the glass.
Then he reached inside.
“I was trying to grab arms, but I couldn’t feel anything,” Willden said. “I’m thinking … what are we going to do?’”
But he turned to see up to eight other passers-by had scrambled down the embankment to help after coming upon the accident along U.S. 89 in Logan Canyon on Saturday afternoon.
Highway Patrol Lt. Steve Winward said that after shooting out a window, the rescuer cut a seatbelt to free one child. He said the rescuers helped turn the Honda Accord upright in the Logan River.
They lifted the car enough to free the three trapped children.
The driver, Roger Andersen, 46, of Logan, had lost control of the car as he tried to brake while heading northbound in slippery conditions. His 9-year-old daughter and 4-year-old son were trapped along with a second 9-year-old girl.
“(The driver) was panicked, doing everything he could to get in through the doors, but they wouldn’t budge,” said Willden, who had jumped into the water with his own father.
“I remember thinking to myself, `You’re going to see some dead kids, get ready. I’ve got three of my own and it was going to be (an awful) start to the New Year.” We all like stories with a good ending!
Text from God, Psalm 34:7, "The angel of the Lord stays close around those who fear Him, and He takes them out of trouble."
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