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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Accident, What Accident?

How many of us would be willing to have an accident if we knew it was going to happen. The thing is we do not know when accidents will happen. They are not intentional, they happen by accident.

Go ahead, try to plan an accident. You can't because if you planned to have it, it was intentional, not by accident. This is just a play on words, but I hope it gets you to thinking ahead just a bit.

In the News in Iowa... 8-11-2010... Near Altoona Iowa. It was about about 4:00 AM, a precious young soul was from taken this life totally by accident. There was no way to know this would ever happen. How could you ever plan for it or know what was up ahead?

This young lady was just headed out with some friends to go to a home in a neighboring community. The rain was coming down so hard. The windshield wipers were likely slapping the windshield but to no avail. I sure it was nearly impossible to see anything but rain in the downpour in the dark.

Suddenly, without any warning at all. 3 cars suddenly go out of control and get swept off of the road by the current caused by the newly formed river. Things were spinning, swirling. Someone had the presence of mind to take their cell phone and make a desperation call for help to 911. After the water got so high in the floating cars, the caller did not know what to say. By the time the 911 operator answered it was pure panic. All you can hear is several young teens trying to find a way to save themselves.

As my wife and I watched the news report in disbelief, we could feel the pain of each teen when listening for the caller to say something, anything about the nature of the emergency. What was the emergency call concerning? There were screams and cries for help as we heard the passengers trying to find something to grab onto to stop the uncontrolled rush down the raging stream.

I can only imagine what was going through the 911 dispatcher's mind. Now, all of a sudden click and the call is dropped. Oh, what a time for the signal to be lost. Thanks to the quick thinking and rapid response by the Polk County Sheriff's personnel they were able to trace the cell phone by GPS to find the precise location of the tragic disaster. (Thank God for GPS) Due to their heroics no other lives were lost this day.

Our hearts go out to the family of this young 16 year old girl. May God, increase His Grace to you at this time as you mourn tragic loss of your precious little girl. much of Iowa mourns with you!

We all need to learn from this.

We always need to be ready. You never know!!! Accidents happen suddenly. Are you certain that you will see tomorrow? You just never know.

Please let us know if this story speaks to your heart.
Enjoy your life, It is a gift from God! Stay Safe!

Rick McGrath
VP
ICON Training Materials of Iowa, Inc.

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