My parents
got divorce about a year and a half ago and at the age of 17, I kind of turned
to alcohol and my friends to make myself feel better. Since my dad was
verbally abusive toward me, I tried anything to get him off my mind.
On January
20, 2006, a month ago me and 2 guy friends, Alex and Brad, [not real names]
were on our way to Plato, to get some alcohol. We ended up staying at Steve’s
house in Plato to drink. After a bottle of vodka and Mike’s hard lemonade
between me and Alex, we were feeling pretty invincible.
Eric called
us from Arlington, which is about 15 minutes away, and wanted us to come pick
him up. So Alex and I got into my moms ’98 grand prix and drove to Arlington.
After picking up Eric we turned around to head back to Plato. As we
were going out of town, Eric, who was in the back seat, recalled that I had the
radio really loud and that I just floored it. About 5 minutes out of town was
as far as we got. From what we know we were going about 95 mph and we hit the
shoulder.
As I tried
to correct the car we lost control and skidded into the other lane and into the
ditch hitting a field approach, going airborne and hitting a telephone pole on
the drivers side 6ft off the ground. The car spun around the pole and landed on
a driveway on the other side.
I suffered a
fractured vertebrae and Alex suffered a broken vertebrae but Eric only suffered
a minor concussion. The back seat on the driver’s side was pushed
three fourths of the way through the car. Had Eric or anyone else been
sitting there, or had the car hit the pole any closer to my door, we would have
died.
I hadn’t
gone to church much after my parents divorce. But the Sunday before my accident
was the first time I’d gone to church in 6 months. My mom believes that God was
riding in that drivers side back seat and that he took the most crucial hit to
spare us of our lives. I’ve gone to church since then. And I thank god everyday
that all three of us can walk and are able to go on with our everyday lives.
Story
submitted by “S.R.” in Minnesota on 2/26/2006
Source: http://miraclestories.com
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