Thursday, October 2, 2008

Information Bits

It is amazing to me how so many people can see the same accident and give such different reports. I've heard that:

the boys in the back seat were not wearing their seatbelts and were ejected from the vehicle

the boys in the back seat were wearing seatbelts and they snapped with the impact

the boys in the back seat unbuckled themselves after the accident and got out of the car because they thought it was on fire because of the smoke from the airbags; then they collapsed because they had major fractures.

the suburban rolled (there was grass in the top of the doors)
the suburban did not roll

the trapped driver was conscious
the trapped driver was unconscious

all three are in critical condition
only one is in critical condition

We will probably never know what happened exactly.

Regardless, there is a memorial service for the young man in the other car. There are not a lot of stories about that. A family lost their son and brother. Pray that they will be able to put one foot in front of another and get through the next few days and years.

Our colleague is still in the ICU but they think they have saved both of her legs and feet. She will have more surgeries--for abdominal injuries, fractured vertebra, broken ribs, etc, but we are confident that she will recover and be up here again, baking schnetka and managing her senior class with experienced excellence and great fervor.

We have been making cards and posters at school. Every hour, as we open in prayer, somebody prays for those injured and for the other family too.

The boys are recovering well after surgery for broken femurs and pelvic breaks--lots of pins, screws, and rods. They also have facial fractures--one has a broken jaw and cheekbone, the other has a black eye and broken bones below the eye.

Interestingly enough, he also has a bruise in the shape of a seatbelt across his chest. So I've heard...

1 comment:

aftergrace said...

Rumors really do fly at times like this. The people and families of all involved are in my prayers.