I posted this as a side note in the Illinois Forum but wanted to put it here as well. One of the young ladies (16 years old) that plays on my daughter's summer softball team was driving home last Friday night from softball practice (Indoors) and came across a road under water. She didn't think it too bad and so she eased into it. Long story short, she was washed downstream. She had the quick thinking to lower her window because they were electric and she knew they wouldn't work if she went underwater. Her car bounced off of several trees and she knew her car was headed for where the river really was. She jumped out of her car onto a tree. She was heard screaming by a farm boy who was also out in the rain. She was rescued but suffered from hyperthermia. We're so fortunate to have her alive. Naturally her concern is that her car is gone. WOW! She lives some ways from us and I was shocked when I saw the pictures taken by the rescuers. If you needed a reason to hug your child, let this be it.
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