Wow! We had quite the night last night! It was a little after midnight when I heard a HUGE crash sound. It woke me up. It didn't sound like 2 cars hitting, but sounded louder than what would come from the neighbors. I had no idea, but woke Mitch up to check it out, as I generally do. He took one look out our front window and went running. (this totally freaked me out!) Then he told me to get the kids and that there was a smoking car out front. I think I got the kids and then looked out the window. The car was smoking - you can see it in the top left of the first picture. Since the fire trucks arrived very quickly, Carson, Austynn and I stayed in the back computer room and let Paislee sleep. I looked out the window occasionally. I let Carson look out when he woke up bc there were so many lights and all. Poor little guy was shaking so bad. I felt terrible. I was shaking, so I realized that I had to be calm, esp for them. We said prayers and just talked. Mitch was outside the entire time. Finally, I thought it seemed safe, so I put on a Praise Baby DVD for the kids - got them some cheerios and gummies for a snack - and they chilled on the couch w their blankies and pillows. I tried taking a few pictures out the window. In these first pictures, they had this massive light shining down, so the workers could see what they were doing. It was a pretty shocking thing to wake up to! I just can't stop praising the Lord that Mitch built this wall and fence! Yes, it is rather ruined, but that car would have been in our house were it not for them! And, it could have been in the kids room. Such a scary thought.
They had to use the jaws of life to get the people out. I would say it took them a very good 45 minutes to get them out and on stretchers. I wasn't sure I could watch. The car was in 5th gear and going 65! It sounded like the passenger was ok - I saw him messing w his glasses on the stretcher. The driver had 2 broken ankles, and maybe head and internal injuries. This may be the craziest thing I have seen!
This was at the end - the tow truck came and got the car. It was in pieces!! (I had to use a flash to get anything to show up, but it reflected off the glass) The craziest thing was there were 2 car seats in this car. No kids in them! (the pic of the car seat is from the neighbor) This is someones dad - that realization really hit me. We really prayed for the people and the families affected! And, again are soooo thankful for our wall and fence and our safety! This just shows that though we like to think we are in control of our lives, we are not!
Mitch said that he was hoping he would wake up and realize it was all a bad dream; unfortunately that didn't happen. Here is the reality of the situation this morning.
I ran out to take pictures before getting Paislee up. The kids wanted to see out! They did get to watch the tow truck put the car on last night. You can see that there is a piece of fence all the way up to our house.
The police told Mitch that the driver did have insurance - we pray that all goes smoothly in this regard! Mitch says he isn't interested in building another wall or fence :) I saw the neighbor this morning and he asked how Mitch was, as he knows the hours that were put into this!
Dirt up on the house - this is the closet in the kids room.
Crazy, huh!
This is a picture the neighbor took and sent to me.
