The Day I Almost Died

Thursday January 22, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. I was in a car accident that almost killed me had it not been for my seat belt and a miraculous unexplainable incident that occurred. Driving down the canyon on our way to Logan me and my mother were the only two in the car. I had stayed home from school that day for medical reasons and she was bringing me along to work with her. As we drove, the car started sliding. The roads were slick for it had been raining that morning and the water froze to the road forming a sheet of icy death. While my mom panicked, the car went more and more out of control leading us into several speedy spirals and spins across the highway. We came to an abrupt stop when we slammed into the side barrier facing the opposite way of traffic. We hit it hard and it was painful. In almost the same second we began to make our way over the cliff. Our lives flashed before us as we looked out the window and saw down the long way to the bottom. We knew it would be the end. We were going to die. Suddenly we were back on the road, spinning across the highway to the other side and stopped after hitting the other side barrier, softer this time. We screamed and cried and our hearts were pounding in shock of the traumatic experience. A woman from the other side of the road got out of her car and walked clear across the highway to our car and held my mom's hand saying that Heavenly Father was watching us and saved us. After the ambulance came and put us in braces, hoisting us onto rescue boards, and into the ambulance we rode to the hospital where many X-rays and tests were taken. We left with minor injuries. I had neck, head, back, and chest muscle problems that would take at least two weeks to recover from and my mom had whip lash and was bruised from the seat belt making her right arm immobile. I managed to get up and start walking around today, still suffering from mental pictures of the frightening experience. I am so glad to be alive and am still in awe of how our lives were rescued. I'm in a lot of pain, but I feel so lucky that it could've been so much worse. Thank goodness for seat belts and thank the Lord for miracles.